Reviewer's Rating Messa da Requiem Katherine Syer 01/01/2017ecent years have seen a growing number of oratorios, cantatas, and song cycles explored for their theatrical potential on stage,...
Reviewer's Rating Salome Paul Meltzer 30/12/2016Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts disgustingly. That seems to be the message behind Richard Strauss's opera.
Reviewer's Rating God of Vengeance Charles Bittner 30/12/2016Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance, written in 1906, opened this week at La MaMa Theater. The play explores...
Reviewer's Rating The Encounter Paul Meltzer 29/12/2016Who do we actually encounter in The Encounter? A powerful artist, some faraway people, our own assumptions.
Reviewer's Rating Les Liaisons Dangereuse Paul Meltzer 26/12/2016Valmont's reputation for savage civility precedes him. The play takes place in the 1780s, not long before the French Revolution...
Reviewer's Rating Saint Joan Tim Hochstrasser 23/12/2016ernard Shaw’s plays, for all their number and reputation, are not often seen in London, so a revival of even...
Reviewer's Rating Christina Bianco’s O Come, All Ye Divas Richard Voyce 23/12/2016ne-Woman shows are notoriously difficult to pull off successfully and, if I’m honest, I don’t believe O Come All Ye...
Reviewer's Rating Don Giovanni Katherine Syer 22/12/2016eith Warner’s strongly conceived production of Don Giovanni (in revival with assistance from Michael Moxham) remains a public success in...
Reviewer's Rating Der Rosenkavalier Jonathan Ben Garcia 20/12/2016he Royal Opera House’s Der Rosenkavalier is lavish and eye-catching. This production is set in the year of the opera’s...
Reviewer's Rating Life is for Living: Conversations with Coward Elizabeth Bove 20/12/2016We enter the third floor cabaret at 59 East 59. The lights are subdued, the small tables covered with white table cloths. We are...