Reviewer's rating A Splinter of Ice Emma Burnell 17/10/2021It is 1987 and the Soviet Union is not long for this world. Neither – it turns out – were...
Reviewer's rating Jenůfa Tim Hochstrasser 29/09/2021Jenůfa (1904) is Janáček’s first mature opera, but still underperformed in comparison with the five masterpieces that follow it. Though...
Reviewer's rating Piazzolla Project Tim Hochstrasser 17/09/2021This year’s Grimeborn festival came to an end on Sunday with an uplifting survey of the career and work of...
Reviewer's rating Rigoletto Rivka Jacobson 15/09/2021An air of some excitement and anticipation hangs in the packed Royal Opera House’s auditorium. This is the first performance...
Reviewer's rating Orfeo and Zanetto Double Bill Owen Davies 08/09/2021Barefoot Opera brought an unusual double bill to Grimeborn at the Arcola. They paired a shortened version of Gluck’s Orfeo...
Reviewer's rating Alcina Owen Davies 01/09/2021As part of the splendid Grimeborn festival put on every summer by the Arcola, Marcio da Silva’s Ensemble Orquestra has...
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...
