Reviewer's Rating Cosi fan tutte Owen Davies 30/06/2019 1950Mozart produced three great operas with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. Cosi fan Tutte was first performed in Vienna in 1790...
Reviewer's Rating HAIR Mel Cooper 30/06/2019 1953Oh, dear! I am having real trouble analysing this new production of the iconic musical Hair. Partly that is because...
Reviewer's rating Hamlet Sacha Magee 30/06/2019 1983Winder’s version of Hamlet is, in theory, an interesting modern take on Shakespeare, seeking to convey a commentary about gender...
Reviewer's Rating Anna Bolena Mel Cooper 26/06/2019 2530Anna Bolena is one of the great operas of the Italian romantic era. Historically, it was innovative both musically and...
Reviewer's rating Boris Godunov Rivka Jacobson 24/06/2019 1829‘Made in Britain” is written all over this revival production of the Russian opera ‘Boris Godunov’. Fittingly, even the name...
Reviewer's rating Les Damnés Tim Hochstrasser 24/06/2019 1821This first collaboration between director Ivo van Hove and the Comédie-Française is also the company’s first visit to this country...
Reviewer's Rating Don Pasquale Owen Davies 23/06/2019 1744Devotees of Donizetti should look away now… but everyone who loves comic opera should pay close attention. With this free...
Reviewer's Rating Bitter Wheat Agnes Carrington-Windo 23/06/2019 2451It’s difficult to know while I’m watching Bitter Wheat whether I just hate the characters or hate the play. It...
Reviewer's Rating Don Pasquale Mel Cooper 23/06/2019 1913The Welsh National Opera have again produced a “reduced” version of an opera to tour small scale and mid-sized venues...
Reviewer's rating Nabucco Rivka Jacobson 21/06/2019 4338Nabucco is Verdi’s third opera but first triumph. It propelled the young composer from desperation to elation. The plot consists...
