Reviewer's rating Don Carlo Josi Steinfeld 04/07/2023Verdi’s Don Carlo is the longest and arguably the greatest Verdi opera, based on Schiller’s play set in Phillip II’s...
Reviewer's rating L’Elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love) Mel Cooper 02/07/2023A hit show of 1832 has been given some of the updating that must convey to its audience something of...
Reviewer's rating. The Bartered Bride Mel Cooper 02/07/2023Garsington has revived its brilliant and fizzing production of The Bartered Bride by Smetana and it’s just as delightful and...
Reviewer's rating Armida Josi Steinfeld 27/06/2023Having seen Plzeň’s new traditional production of Armida three days before, I looked forward to seeing Prague’s new interpretation. The...
Reviewer's rating Werther Josi Steinfeld 23/06/2023Massenet’s Werther is based on Goethe’s epistolary novel, ‘The Sorrows of Young Werther’, published in 1774. Some, myself included, regard...
Reviewer's rating Hansel and Gretel Josi Steinfeld 21/06/2023Holland Park is a great setting to see an opera in the summer, and we are all lucky that the...
Reviewer's rating Il Trovatore Yael Shuv 19/06/2023“Revenge is a dish best served cold”. This much quotes phrase first appeared in the mid 18 century, a few...
Reviewer's rating Rigoletto René Weis FRSA 06/06/2023The new production of Rigoletto, the opening opera of the 2023 Opera Holland Park season, is a triumph. Directed by...
Reviewer's rating Götterdämmerung Mel Cooper 05/06/2023This production of Götterdämmerung is in every aspect excellent, cogent and intelligently articulated. Despite somewhat more limited resources than major...
Reviewer's rating Rusalka Josi Steinfeld 26/05/2023Olomouc has just over 100,000 inhabitants with a popular opera culture. The mainly young audience was well-dressed. The comfortable theatre...
