Reviewer's rating Tristan und Isolde Bayreuth 2019 Tony Cooper 20/08/2019Arguably, one of the greatest works ever written to pure erotic love echoing the legendary days of King Arthur, Tristan...
Reviewer's rating Médée Salzburg Festival 2019 Alessandro Zummo 15/08/2019Cutting edge and provocative, this year’s new production of Cherubini’s Médée performed at Salzburg Festspiele is notable for the originality...
Reviewer's rating Lohengrin Bayreuth Festival 2019 Tony Cooper 15/08/2019This production of Wagner’s Lohengrin by Yuval Sharon – born in Chicago in 1979 to Israeli parents and Bayreuth’s first...
Reviewer's rating Count Ory Grimeborn 2019 Owen Davies 15/08/2019Count Ory is a comic opera by Rossini that rarely gets performed today. Written for performance in Paris in 1828,...
Reviewer's rating Silk Moth Grimeborn 2019 Owen Davies 15/08/2019This strange trilogy is made up of two short pieces – The Heart’s Ear and Bel Canto – and a...
Reviewer's rating Alcina Salzburg Festival 2019 Alessandro Zummo 14/08/2019This famous opera by Handel, which premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on 16 April 1735, has always been...
Reviewer's rating Die Fledermaus Grimeborn 2019 Owen Davies 11/08/2019This version of the old Viennese operetta is subtitled The Revenge of the Bat-man. It is charmingly updated to the...
Reviewer's rating La Calisto Mel Cooper 02/08/2019As always, Longborough’s final presentation of the year is a showcase for emerging talent. This time the production is a...
Reviewer's rating Il Segreto di Susanna & Iolanta — Double Bill Shadi Seifouri 26/07/2019Giving voice to two overlooked operas in this double-billed programme, Opera Holland Park’s 2019 summer season is in its penultimate...
Reviewer's Rating Die Fledermaus Owen Davies 24/07/2019The Revenge of the Bat is a better title for this insubstantial piece of Viennese musical farce. Its only claim...
