The Yeoman of the Guard Richard Voyce 11/08/2024The Yeoman of the Guard, the eleventh collaboration between Gilbert and Sullivan, stands out for several reasons: it doesn’t open...
Grupo Corpo Ben Reiss 07/08/2024Founded in 1975, contemporary Brazilian dance company Grupo Corpo have been blending musical genres and dance styles for nearly 50...
Reviewer's rating Penthesilea Ben Reiss 05/08/2024Goethe apparently thought that Heinrich von Kleist’s Penthesilea was ‘unplayable’. Had he seen this production by International Theatre Amsterdam –...
Acis and Galatea Owen Davies 03/08/2024First performed in 1718, when Handel was still a relative newcomer to British cultural life, Acis and Galatea is an ‘almost...
Malicho Vaca Valenzuela in conversation with Thibault Elie Thibault Elie 01/08/2024Malicho Vaca Valenzuela describes himself as a “Chilean scenic artist working on themes of marginalization and revolution from what feels...
Il Segreto di Susanna & Pagliacci Rivka Jacobson 23/07/2024Opera Holland Park’s 2024 season offers a notable double bill with the 2019 revival of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s light-hearted one-act comedy...
Extimité-s Thibault Elie 20/07/2024Summary in French follows the review Extimité-s is a production that is unusual first and foremost for its setting: a...
Reminiscencia (Spanish for Reminiscence) Thibault Elie 20/07/2024Chilean director Malicho Vaca Valenzuela (nicknamed ‘Malicho’ by his grandmother) is performing at the Festival d’Avignon for the first time,...
Island of Dreams Tim Hochstrasser 17/07/2024Anthony Bolton’s first opera on the death of Alexander Litvinenko made a powerful impression at Grange Park Opera a few...
Samson Alessandro Zummo 16/07/2024In 1733, the great philosopher Voltaire and the renowned composer Jean-Philippe Rameau created an opera inspired by the Bible (Book...
