Frida, Diego, and the Day of the Dead: Green-Wood Cemetery, Death of Classical, and the Metropolitan Opera Collaborate
La Traviata Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur Josi Steinfeld 02/06/2026La Traviata is one of the world’s most popular operas. Violetta, a courtesan, falls in love with her admirer Alfredo....
La Traviata Garsington Opera Festival Rivka Jacobson 02/06/2026Verdi’s La Traviata remains one of opera’s most moving explorations of love, sacrifice and mortality. In this Garsington production, director...
Werther Miho Uchida 01/06/2026Massenet’s Werther tells the tale of an unrealised love between a young couple, Werther and Charlotte. The opera opens with...
L’elisir d’amore Miho Uchida 01/06/2026Gaetano Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore remains one of opera’s most enduring comic masterpieces. The opera follows Nemorino, an earnest but insecure...
Der Rosenkavalier Owen Davies 31/05/2026Garsington Opera – now at the Getty family’s Wormsley estate near Oxford – goes from strength to strength. After opening...
Krapp’s Last Tape Olivia Hurton 31/05/2026Beckett was surely having fun when he conceived of Krapp’s Last Tape (1958). He christened his titular character with a...
Once Ziyu Zhang 29/05/2026Enda Walsh once described Girl as the “driving force” of Once and the one who “would change everything”. That is...
Redcliffe Richard Voyce 29/05/2026There’s emotion aplenty in the new musical Redcliffe, which has just opened at Southwark Playhouse’s main stage. I say new,...
La Fanciulla del West Josi Steinfeld 28/05/2026Opera Holland Park opened its 30th season with Puccini’s less frequently performed La Fanciulla del West. Commissioned by the Metropolitan...
Un Turco in Italia Josi Steinfeld 27/05/2026European opera from the 17th through 19th centuries frequently exploited fascination with — and anxiety about — the Ottoman Empire....
