Reviewer's rating I Capuleti e i Montecchi Yael Shuv 23/08/2021Unlike the more popular Charles Gounod version, Vincenzo Bellini’s opera, recounting the woeful story of Juliet and her Romeo, has...
Reviewer's rating Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno Alessandro Zummo 13/08/2021The acclaimed mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, who has been the artistic director of the Salzburg Whitsun Festival since 2012, has presented...
Reviewer's rating Così fan tutte Alessandro Zummo 13/08/2021The current production of Così fan Tutte at the 2020 Salzburg festival was already staged last year with some cuts...
Reviewer's rating Die Walküre Tim Hochstrasser 05/08/2021Back in 2019 Grimeborn began its exploration of Wagner’s Ring cycle with the inspired idea of reviving the reduced-scale version...
Reviewer's rating L’amico Fritz Tim Hochstrasser 31/07/2021We are very familiar with Mascagni’s first opera ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’, from whose successful shadow he strove in vain to escape...
Reviewer's rating The Cunning Little Vixen Mel Cooper 31/07/2021The Longborough Opera Festival ends its season every year with a show that highlights young professionals just starting their careers in...
Reviewer's rating The Cunning Little Vixen Tim Hochstrasser 30/07/2021Rather like ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, this opera is fairly indestructible in any production. As environmental awareness has grown so...
Reviewer's rating Violetta and Tatyana Shadi Seifouri 29/07/2021Making a formidable return to music-making, Opera Holland Park’s latest recital series was a tonic for concert-goers. “Opera in Song”,...
Reviewer's rating Opera in Song: The Marriage of Figaro Shadi Seifouri 28/07/2021Bringing the much revered “Opera in Song” series to a close was Holland Park’s homage to Mozart’s The Marriage of...
Reviewer's rating Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (Ulysses Returns Home) Mel Cooper 16/07/2021This truly important production of the Monteverdi early (1641) opera Il Ritorno d’Ullise in Patria (Ulysses Returns Home) is a...