La Cambiale di Matrimonio and Soirées Musicales Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro – 2025 Josi Steinfeld 01/09/2025
Edgar Josi Steinfeld 05/07/2024Edgar, Puccini’s second opera after Le Villi, was commissioned by Ricordi. It was not a success and went through many...
The Rake’s Progress Tim Hochstrasser 05/07/2024‘Who gives a fig for Tory or Whig? Not I, not I…’ sang Tom Rakewell, and as it was Election...
A Midsummer Nights Dream Owen Davies 04/07/2024Benjamin Britten’s operatic version of Shakespeare’s play famously begins in the enchanted forest outside Athens where mortals encounter the elfin...
King for a Day Josi Steinfeld 02/07/2024Un Giorno Di Regno Ossia Il Finto Stanislao Verdi was commissioned to compose Regno, a comedy, his second opera for...
Giulio Cesare Tim Hochstrasser 30/06/2024While there is plenty of competition for the accolade, it is reasonable to suggest that ‘Giulio Cesare in Egitto/Julius Caesar...
The Daughter of the Regiment Tim Hochstrasser 16/06/2024‘The Daughter of the Regiment’ /’La Fille du Regiment’ (1840) is the best known of the five operas the indefatigable...
Aleko/Gianni Schicchi – Double Bryn Terfel Josi Steinfeld 10/06/2024The late Bamber Gascoigne left this gorgeous house and grounds to the West Horsley Place Trust, now the home of...
Tosca Rivka Jacobson 10/06/2024Dictators are as common as guns; their henchmen are widespread like bullets. Both are commonplace in every era. In today’s...
The Barber of Seville René Weis FRSA 07/06/2024This joyous new production of Rossini’ opera buffa masterpiece soars above the pack. Cecilia Stinton’s brilliantly creative directing renders her Barber...
Platée Tim Hochstrasser 02/06/2024While performances of operas by Handel and Vivaldi are now frequent, the same cannot be said of the French Baroque,...
