The Queen of Spades Tim Hochstrasser 03/06/2025The Queen of Spades/Pique Dame (1890) is a classic case of where literature and opera part company with independently successful results....
Beyond the Libretto: How Music Tells Women’s Stories in Opera Rivka Jacobson 03/06/2025Opera Holland Park’s 2025 season opens with Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, closes with Verdi’s La Traviata, and, in between, presents...
L’elisir d’amore David Buchler 02/06/2025Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore is often treated as the operatic equivalent of a chilled Aperol spritz – light, effervescent, and perfect...
Parsifal Tim Hochstrasser 21/05/2025This production is a first in a number of ways. It is the first time Wagner’s final opera has received...
La Manékine SofÃa Danailov 15/01/2025La Manékine is a gripping story where light intersects with darkness, and joy meets despair. Blending puppetry, storytelling, and a...
La Bohème Josi Steinfeld 18/11/2024In March 1893, shortly after the premiere of Manon Lescaut, Puccini met fellow composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo in a café. Puccini...
Ermione Josi Steinfeld 30/08/2024Ermione is the sixth of nine operas Rossini composed for the San Carlo in Naples and one of the biggest...
The Valkyrie (Die Walküre) Miho Uchida 26/08/2024Valentin Schwarz’s production of The Ring of the Nibelung has returned to the Bayreuth Festival this year. As predicted, there...
Bianca e Falliero (Bianca and Falliero) Josi Steinfeld 23/08/2024Bianca and Falliero, Rossini’s 30th opera and the fourth composed in 1819, had an impressive initial run of 39 performances—the...
The Barber of Seville Josi Steinfeld 22/08/2024Pesaro is the Italian Capital of Culture 2024, and to mark the occasion, the city is presenting four operas instead...
