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....
Sunny Afternoon – UK TOUR Rhys John Edwards 27/05/2026UK TOUR I’m starting to grow a little tired of the music biography. Particularly in film, the success of Bohemian...
Reviewers Rating Dark of the Moon Julie Peakman 27/05/2026The original version of this production was a play first performed in 1942 at the University of Iowa and then...
Aida Alessandro Zummo 26/05/2026Aida at Teatro Massimo, Palermo: tradition as an excuse Aida is one of Verdi’s most layered and uncomfortable operas. Beneath...
