Reviewer's rating Acis and Galataea Mel Cooper 19/08/2023This opera, along with the second half of a double bill, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, turned into an evening of...
Reviewer's rating The Rake’s Progress Miho Uchida 18/08/2023We are introduced to a colourful and funky version of The Rake’s Progress from the onset; Tom Rakewell’s Grecian tragedy...
Reviewer's rating Carmen Mel Cooper 14/08/2023Henry James used to say that you had to start with the given, and if you attend any of the...
Reviewer's rating Itch Owen Davies 04/08/2023Opera Holland Park (OHP) has commissioned Jonathan Dove, working with his regular librettist Alasdair Middleton, to write an opera based...
Reviewer's rating La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) Owen Davies 01/08/2023This jewel of an opera has many wonderful moments to savour though it sometimes feels as if one is waiting...
La Bohème Adi Ginat 31/07/2023Puccini’s La Bohème is a classic, even those who are not well versed in Opera, including myself, know of its...
Orlando Owen Davies 30/07/2023First performed in London in 1733, Orlando is an opera seria based on part of Ariosto’s ballad, Orlando Furioso. Handel...
Reviewer's rating The Fairy Queen Mel Cooper 30/07/2023For their final production of the season, the one in which they give a platform for up-and-coming young talent, Longborough...
Reviewer's rating Il Re Pastore Owen Davies 26/07/2023Il Re Pastore, like many opera seria works, celebrates the wisdom and virtue of a noble monarch. Faced with a...
Reviewer's rating L’Orfeo The Legend of Orpheus Mel Cooper 13/07/2023Although I wasn’t entirely convinced by the actual production and the concept behind it, I found this performance of Monteverdi’s...
