Monstering The Rocketman Richard Voyce 07/02/2026There’s a common phrase that goes something along the lines of ‘if you can remember the 1960’s, you weren’t there’....
★ ★ ★ ★ Chiten Theatre presents The Gambler Soyoon Koo 06/02/2026The Coronet Theatre’s latest guests, Kyoto’s Chiten Theatre, have a take on Dostoevsky’s The Gambler that arrives like a hand...
Mozart’s Requiem: Listening Back to Da Ponte’s Lost World Rivka Jacobson 31/01/2026During the Barbican performance of Mozart’s Requiem, there was a moment — brief and unanticipated — when the music unsettled...
Eugene Onegin Olivia Hurton 29/01/2026When Tchaikovsky set himself the task of adapting Pushkin’s verse novel Eugene Onegin into an opera, he had clear ideas...
Die Walküre Josi Steinfeld 29/01/2026In 2025, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo and the Royal Opera and Ballet each launched new Ring cycles with Das Rheingold....
Cosi fan Tutte Tim Hochstrasser 27/01/2026Of all three collaborations between Mozart and Da Ponte this opera is perhaps the most tricky to bring off successfully...
Tell Me Tim Hochstrasser 26/01/2026When I am in Tate Modern I often stand in front of a painting by Mondrian and experiment with my...
Ermonela Jaho in Conversation with Rivka Jacobson Rivka Jacobson 23/01/2026Voice, silence, and the ethics of listening The internationally acclaimed soprano reflects on voice, silence, and how lived experience reshapes...
The Makropulos Affair Josi Steinfeld 15/01/2026Makropulos, adapted from Karel Čapek’s play, is rarely performed and widely regarded as one of the most demanding works in...
In Search of Youkali… Tim Hochstrasser 11/01/2026We think we know the milieu of Kurt Weill – whether the sardonic, witty, cynical and sometimes sentimental world of...
