La bohème Olivia Hurton 08/06/2026Puccini was the master of the verismo style—that is, a type of opera which is rawly human and true to...
Celebrating Sinatra Tim Hochstrasser 08/06/2026John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London have become well-known for their immaculate performances of Hollywood Classics and excerpts from...
Don Carlo Tim Hochstrasser 08/06/2026Don Carlo exists in more versions than any other Verdi opera, an indication both of the trouble it caused him...
Orlando Josi Steinfeld 06/06/2026Handel’s Orlando, inspired by Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso, centres on a heroic knight driven to destructive jealousy. Orlando loves Angelica, Queen...
Krishna Sara Tiron 06/06/2026In the English countryside, Grange Park Opera turns a performance into a wider summer ritual. Arrival through the grounds, the...
La Traviata Garsington Opera Festival Rivka Jacobson 02/06/2026Verdi’s La Traviata remains one of opera’s most moving explorations of love, sacrifice and mortality. In this Garsington production, director...
Der Rosenkavalier Owen Davies 31/05/2026Garsington Opera – now at the Getty family’s Wormsley estate near Oxford – goes from strength to strength. After opening...
La Fanciulla del West Josi Steinfeld 28/05/2026Opera Holland Park opened its 30th season with Puccini’s less frequently performed La Fanciulla del West. Commissioned by the Metropolitan...
Un Turco in Italia Josi Steinfeld 27/05/2026European opera from the 17th through 19th centuries frequently exploited fascination with — and anxiety about — the Ottoman Empire....
Lucia di Lammermoor Owen Davies 15/09/2025This bloodthirsty melodrama from Donizetti – a composer at the height of his considerable powers – was first staged in...
