A Midsummer Nights Dream Owen Davies 04/07/2024Benjamin Britten’s operatic version of Shakespeare’s play famously begins in the enchanted forest outside Athens where mortals encounter the elfin...
The Sorcerer Tim Hochstrasser 14/06/2024‘The Sorcerer’ is the third of the G&S collaborations, though now not well known. However, as it immediately precedes their...
Aleko/Gianni Schicchi – Double Bryn Terfel Josi Steinfeld 10/06/2024The late Bamber Gascoigne left this gorgeous house and grounds to the West Horsley Place Trust, now the home of...
Coram Boy Tim Hochstrasser 05/06/2024‘Coram Boy’ was first performed at the National Theatre in 2005 and was one of the highlights of Nicholas Hytner’s...
Platée Tim Hochstrasser 02/06/2024While performances of operas by Handel and Vivaldi are now frequent, the same cannot be said of the French Baroque,...
Streams of Pleasure Tim Hochstrasser 28/05/2024This concert given by Iestyn Davies, Mary Bevan and the Early Opera Company, led by Christopher Bucknall, not only delivered...
Dream of Gerontius Tim Hochstrasser 22/05/2024Performances of Elgar’s oratorio ‘The Dream of Gerontius’ are hardly infrequent, but this one was special for a number of...
Kunstler Tim Hochstrasser 12/05/2024William M Kunstler’s name is one that needs no introduction to my generation – the leading American progressive defence lawyer...
Pippin 50th Anniversary Concert Richard Voyce 01/05/2024JAC YARROW IS A STAR! I don’t mean just your average West End leading man who can competently helm a...
Reviewer's Rating Simon Boccanegra (original 1857 version) Tim Hochstrasser 19/04/2024Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ is, one might think, familiar fare. However, we are used to hearing the version from 1881, which...
