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....
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...
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...
Once Ziyu Zhang 29/05/2026Enda Walsh once described Girl as the “driving force” of Once and the one who “would change everything”. That is...
How To Date Julie Peakman 10/09/2025Ever been on a bad date? Well, this is a series of the worst hook-ups you can imagine as two...
L’Italiana in Algeri Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Josi Steinfeld 05/09/2025There was already a buzz outside the Teatro Rossini before curtain-up. Fifteen minutes before the performance, an old smoking VW...
La Cambiale di Matrimonio and Soirées Musicales Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro – 2025 Josi Steinfeld 01/09/2025Rossini was just 18 when Venice commissioned his first opera, the one-act comedy La Cambiale di Matrimonio (“The Marriage Contract”)....
Zelmira Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Josi Steinfeld 31/08/2025Rossini’s Zelmira, last composed for Naples in 1822, was once a staple at one of Europe’s great operatic centres, before...
Semele Soyoon Koo 30/08/2025Handel’s Semele (1744) was met with controversy at its premiere for presenting secular opera in the guise of sacred oratorio....
Faustus in Africa! Ben Reiss 23/08/2025The legend of Faust – an ambitious man dissatisfied with life who strikes a deal with the Devil, who serves...
