Reviewer's rating Rusalka Rivka Jacobson 25/02/2023The new production of Dvořák’s Rusalka rides high on eco-friendly themes. The overture in the pit accompanies a pastoral scene...
Reviewer's rating Ariodante אריודנטה Yael Shuv 20/02/2023Lurcanio is in love with Dalinda, but she is in love with Polinesso, Duke of Albany, who is in love...
Reviewer's rating Aleko & Cavalleria Rusticana אלקו | קוולריה רוסטיקנה Yael Shuv 18/01/2023Pietro Mascagni’s short opera Cavalleria Rusticana is often paired with the similar length Pagliacci. As Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera was staged...
Reviewer's rating The Makropulos Affair Mel Cooper 04/12/2022The brand new production by the Welsh National Opera of Janáček penultimate opera, The Makropulos Affair, is, quite simply, a...
Reviewer's rating La Bohème Mel Cooper 02/12/2022The WNO is touring a La Bohème that gets most things about the opera right. The production by Annabel Arden...
Reviewer's Rating Alcina Tim Hochstrasser 21/11/2022On the face of it, Handel operas should not work. Bafflingly complicated plots and a long series of ‘Da Capo’...
Reviewer's rating The Rape of Lucretia Owen Davies 15/11/2022This version of The Rape of Lucretia, co-produced by The Royal Opera and Britten Pears Arts provides a compelling evening...
Reviewer's rating Les Contes d’Hoffmann Yael Shuv 10/11/2022Jacques Offenbach’s beloved opera, inspired by the works of E. T. A. Hoffmann, is a challenging piece of theatre to...
Reviewer's rating The Cunning Little Vixen Owen Davies 08/11/2022This extraordinary opera by Janacek remains an enigma to me. Its bizarre mix of two stories – one about a...
Reviewer's rating La Bohéme Rivka Jacobson 16/10/2022Paris. An attic with no heating on Christmas eve, with four artists- Rodolfo, a poet, Marcello, a painter, Schaunard, a musician and...
