Reviewer's rating Carmen Mel Cooper 14/08/2023 1195Henry 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 04/08/2023 1173Opera 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 01/08/2023 1197This jewel of an opera has many wonderful moments to savour though it sometimes feels as if one is waiting...
La Bohème Adi Ginat 31/07/2023 1014Puccini’s La Bohème is a classic, even those who are not well versed in Opera, including myself, know of its...
Orlando Owen Davies 30/07/2023 1135First 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 30/07/2023 1351For 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 26/07/2023 1182Il 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 13/07/2023 1201Although I wasn’t entirely convinced by the actual production and the concept behind it, I found this performance of Monteverdi’s...
Reviewer's rating Don Carlo Josi Steinfeld 04/07/2023 1064Verdi’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 02/07/2023 1191A hit show of 1832 has been given some of the updating that must convey to its audience something of...
