Madama Butterfly Owen Davies 12/06/2025This opera may be one of Puccini’s finest musically but the story is centred on another of his doomed heroines...
La Traviata Owen Davies 07/06/2025This opera is Verdi’s version of the story of Marguerite Gautier, the “fallen woman” of the title of Dumas’ novelised...
Compañía Mercedes Ruiz Romancero del Baile Flamenco Hafiza Butt 05/06/2025The revelation of love is that nothing else matters—not even the capitulation of the other. To love greatly is, of...
Moby Dick Owen Davies 26/01/2025This production – part of the London International Mime Festival – is by the French-Norwegian theatre company, Plexus Polaire. To...
La Manékine Sofía Danailov Esteban 15/01/2025La Manékine is a gripping story where light intersects with darkness, and joy meets despair. Blending puppetry, storytelling, and a...
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...
La bohème Owen Davies 22/08/2024This adapted version of La bohème is an absolute gem. It keeps the spirit of the original but updates it with...
