Reviewer's Rating War and Peace Owen Davies 25/09/2018Prokofiev’s operatic version of Tolstoy’s novel presents a range of challenges for any opera company. David Pountney’s production for Welsh...
Reviewer's Rating Faust, Alberta Tim Hochstrasser 06/09/2018Treatments of the Faust story abound in many languages, musical and literary formats. It is a bold and brave endeavour...
Reviewer's Rating Xerse Owen Davies 31/08/2018The Grimeborn season at the Arcola Theatre often achieves minor miracles. This production of an opera by Cavalli from seventeenth...
Reviewer's Rating Carmen the Gypsy Owen Davies 31/08/2018The Grimeborn season at the Arcola Theatre in Dalston continues with an intriguing re-telling of the story of Carmen. The...
Reviewer's Rating Swan Lake Hafiza Butt 25/08/2018The sheer lushness of the St. Petersburg Theatre’s production of Swan Lake is staggering. The production values are high –...
Reviewer's Rating Onegin and Tatiana Owen Davies 16/08/2018The Grimeborn opera season at the Arcola Theatre in Dalston continues with a re-imagined version of Eugene Onegin, devised by...
Reviewer's Rating Vanessa Tim Hochstrasser 10/08/2018Samuel Barber’s Vanessa (1958) is a work at once accessible and elusive, and a successful production revolves around breaking down...
Reviewer's Rating The Daughter of the Regiment Owen Davies 04/08/2018Opera Della Luna has an admirable track record of revitalising old comic operas. Its guiding spirit, Jeff Clarke, has taken...
Reviewer's Rating The Boatswain’s Mate Owen Davies 04/08/2018The Grimeborn opera season at the Arcola Theatre in Dalston always throws up some fascinating curiosities – this charming comic...
Reviewer's Rating L’incoronazione di Poppea Mel Cooper 01/08/2018In our era in which politics has become egregiously dysfunctional, and in which so many politicians seem to have lost...
