Requiem Alessandro Zummo 08/07/2026 601Mozart’s Requiem is inseparable from the mythology of its own making. Composed in the shadow of the composer’s death in...
Wife to James Whelan Olivia Hurton 06/07/2026 406Plays, it is sometimes argued, are transient things. They emerge from a particular socio-historic moment, coloured by all its prejudices...
Macbeth (opera) Josi Steinfeld 05/07/2026 599Verdi regarded Shakespeare’s Macbeth as “one of the greatest creations of man”, declaring: “If we cannot make something great out...
Eugene Onegin Josi Steinfeld 03/07/2026 378Tchaikovsky’s Pushkin-based opera traces Tatyana’s youthful infatuation with the worldly Onegin, his fatal duel with Lensky, and their devastating reunion...
The Chocolate Soldier Tim Hochstrasser 29/06/2026 409Given Shaw’s antipathy towards musical theatre, it is ironic that three of the great musicals of the twentieth century were...
The Barber of Seville Tim Hochstrasser 28/06/2026 507If Don Carlo is a full-bodied Rioja, then Il Barbiere di Siviglia is the crispiest of prosecco, and on the hottest...
Turandot René Weis FRSA 24/06/2026 508A resounding triumph! This brilliant outing of a pared-down concert performance of Turandot by Opera Holland Park (OHP) has the...
Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria Josi Steinfeld 16/06/2026 738The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland Garsington reunites the creative team behind its highly successful 2022 L’Orfeo for Il...
Franco Fagioli & the Orchestra of the Royal Opera Versailles Tim Hochstrasser 15/06/2026 579I was fortunate to be able to hear these forces perform in Handel’s Ariodante last year with Franco Fagioli in...
The Long Drop Ziyu Zhang 14/06/2026 500Inside the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow returns to its 1950s past in darkness and shadow, while outside the present-day city remains...
