Requiem Alessandro Zummo 08/07/2026Mozart’s Requiem is inseparable from the mythology of its own making. Composed in the shadow of the composer’s death in...
Macbeth (opera) Josi Steinfeld 05/07/2026Verdi regarded Shakespeare’s Macbeth as “one of the greatest creations of man”, declaring: “If we cannot make something great out...
Eugene Onegin Josi Steinfeld 03/07/2026Tchaikovsky’s Pushkin-based opera traces Tatyana’s youthful infatuation with the worldly Onegin, his fatal duel with Lensky, and their devastating reunion...
The Barber of Seville Tim Hochstrasser 28/06/2026If Don Carlo is a full-bodied Rioja, then Il Barbiere di Siviglia is the crispiest of prosecco, and on the hottest...
Opera in Song – Down the Rabbit Hole Tim Hochstrasser 28/06/2026As Opera Holland Park enjoys a half-time break it is time once more for Opera in Song to take to...
Turandot René Weis FRSA 24/06/2026A resounding triumph! This brilliant outing of a pared-down concert performance of Turandot by Opera Holland Park (OHP) has the...
Tristan Owen Davies 21/06/2026Tucked away in the Cotswolds is Longborough Festival Opera (LFO) – but please don’t think of it as a backwater....
Das Rheingold Owen Davies 18/06/2026This splendid production of Das Rheingold marks the beginning of Grange Park Opera’s new cycle of Wagner’s Ring of the...
Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria Josi Steinfeld 16/06/2026The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland Garsington reunites the creative team behind its highly successful 2022 L’Orfeo for Il...
La Clemenza di Tito Tim Hochstrasser 12/06/2026Back in March, during the London Handel Festival, I had the chance to hear Handel’s unfinished pasticcio focused on the...
