Celebrating Sinatra Tim Hochstrasser 08/06/2026John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London have become well-known for their immaculate performances of Hollywood Classics and excerpts from...
Don Carlo Tim Hochstrasser 08/06/2026Don Carlo exists in more versions than any other Verdi opera, an indication both of the trouble it caused him...
Orlando Josi Steinfeld 06/06/2026Handel’s Orlando, inspired by Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso, centres on a heroic knight driven to destructive jealousy. Orlando loves Angelica, Queen...
La Traviata Garsington Opera Festival Rivka Jacobson 02/06/2026Verdi’s La Traviata remains one of opera’s most moving explorations of love, sacrifice and mortality. In this Garsington production, director...
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...
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....
The Name Hafiza Butt 23/05/2026There is a reason why Simon Usher is one of our finest stage directors, and it’s not just his intelligence,...
Dido & Aeneas Tim Hochstrasser 23/05/2026In his excellent programme note Michael Burden points out that we know very little about the origins and performance circumstances...
Un Ballo in Maschera Josi Steinfeld 21/05/2026In 1857, the Teatro San Carlo in Naples commissioned Giuseppe Verdi to compose a new opera. He chose Un Ballo...
Sherlock Holmes Sara Tiron 19/05/2026At Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Sherlock Holmes transforms detective fiction into something vividly alive. Written by Joel Horwood and...
