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...
Reviewer's rating L’amico Fritz Tim Hochstrasser 31/07/2021We are very familiar with Mascagni’s first opera ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’, from whose successful shadow he strove in vain to escape...
Reviewer's rating The Cunning Little Vixen Mel Cooper 31/07/2021The Longborough Opera Festival ends its season every year with a show that highlights young professionals just starting their careers in...
Reviewer's rating The Cunning Little Vixen Tim Hochstrasser 30/07/2021Rather like ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, this opera is fairly indestructible in any production. As environmental awareness has grown so...
Reviewer's rating Violetta and Tatyana Shadi Seifouri 29/07/2021Making a formidable return to music-making, Opera Holland Park’s latest recital series was a tonic for concert-goers. “Opera in Song”,...
