Opera in Song 2 Tim Hochstrasser 21/07/2024Song cycles come and go in popularity and fashion. One that has slipped from the schedules somewhat in recent years...
Extimité-s Thibault Elie 20/07/2024Summary in French follows the review Extimité-s is a production that is unusual first and foremost for its setting: a...
Reminiscencia (Spanish for Reminiscence) Thibault Elie 20/07/2024Chilean director Malicho Vaca Valenzuela (nicknamed ‘Malicho’ by his grandmother) is performing at the Festival d’Avignon for the first time,...
Opera in Song 1 – Legends and Ballads Tim Hochstrasser 19/07/2024Opera in Song has in the past few years become a staple and much appreciated feature of the summer season...
Reviewer's Rating Mrs Warren’s Profession Jad Adams 19/07/2024This once scandalous play could only be performed in the UK in a private members’ club, it was thought to...
Island of Dreams Tim Hochstrasser 17/07/2024Anthony Bolton’s first opera on the death of Alexander Litvinenko made a powerful impression at Grange Park Opera a few...
The Trumpeter Tim Hochstrasser 17/07/2024One of my abiding memories of visiting Russia at the turn of the century is the small bands of musicians...
Samson Alessandro Zummo 16/07/2024In 1733, the great philosopher Voltaire and the renowned composer Jean-Philippe Rameau created an opera inspired by the Bible (Book...
Julius Caesar in Egypt (Giulio Cesare In Egitto) Josi Steinfeld 15/07/2024Giulio Cesare is among Handel’s top 10 operas. Cleopatra was composed for soprano Francesca Cuzzoni, Cesare for superstar castrato Senesino,...
Carlos Acosta’s Carmen Tim Hochstrasser 15/07/2024This full-length show has its origins in a single act version that Carlos Acosta devised as part of his retirement...
