Idan Raichel Rivka Jacobson 28/06/2020The journey of the dreadlocked Idan Raichel, in his early twenties, composing music on his synthesizers from his parents’ Tel...
Brian Moreland in a telephone conversation with Gillian Russo Gillian Russo 08/06/2020The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the world of live entertainment to a halt. But Brian Moreland, producer of recent Broadway...
Celebrating with Stanley Wells his 90th birthday! Tim Hochstrasser 21/05/2020In the Queen’s 90th Birthday Honours Professor Stanley Wells received a knighthood in recognition of his services to Shakespeare scholarship. Today,...
Adam Spreadbury-Maher and David Eaton talk to Rivka Jacobson Rivka Jacobson 10/03/2020It was a sheer coincidence that the person seated next to me at the Trafalgar Studios 2 was no other...
Alistair Beaton talks with Mel Cooper Mel Cooper 20/02/2020Hans Fallada’s Alone in Berlin (Jeder stirbt fuer sich allein was the original German title) was, perhaps, the first novel...
Roberto Abbado in conversation with Rivka Jacobson Rivka Jacobson 21/01/2020At the Monaco Opera House, the 2019 season opens with Donizetti’s opera ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’, known as a tragic drama...
Jean-Louis Grinda in conversation with Rivka Jacobson Rivka Jacobson 19/01/2020Jean-Louis Grinda is the director of the Opera House in Monte Carlo. His boss is Caroline, Princess of Hanover, he...
Reviewer's Rating Touching the Void Tim Hochstrasser 09/12/2019This year is the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of Joe Simpson’s remarkable memoir, Touching the Void, later made into...
Olga Peretyatko in conversation with Rivka Jacobson Rivka Jacobson 28/10/2019Olga Peretyatko’s debut performance as Norina in the current performance of Donizetti’s comic masterpiece, Don Pasquale, at the Royal Opera...
Natasha Kafka in conversation with Rivka Jacobson Rivka Jacobson 19/10/2019At the age of just 25, Natasha Kafka is performing at the Royal Opera House at the Linbury Theatre in...