Alcina Tim Hochstrasser 13/06/2024Handel’s 1735 opera ‘Alcina’ comes at the end of his career as an opera composer, but within his ‘golden decade’...
Drag Baby Tim Hochstrasser 11/06/2024‘Drag Baby’ by Grace Carroll had a highly successful run at the King’s Head in 2021, and now returns during...
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...
Tosca Rivka Jacobson 10/06/2024Dictators are as common as guns; their henchmen are widespread like bullets. Both are commonplace in every era. In today’s...
Reviewer's Rating Marie Curie Julie Peakman 08/06/2024Plays about famous women are thankfully on the increase and scientist Marie Curie is one that deserves recognition. Determined to...
The Barber of Seville René Weis FRSA 07/06/2024This joyous new production of Rossini’ opera buffa masterpiece soars above the pack. Cecilia Stinton’s brilliantly creative directing renders her Barber...
Opera Rara – Donizetti and Friends Tim Hochstrasser 06/06/2024In this second concert, Opera Rara bring together Ermonela Jaho and Carlo Rizzi to perform another group of Donizetti’s songs,...
Closer to Heaven Tim Hochstrasser 06/06/2024Sometimes however much effort goes into a show,and however glittery the talents involved, the results still resolutely fail to deliver....
Reviewer's Rating Andrea Chénier Josi Steinfeld 06/06/2024Following the wonderful Gala evening barely two weeks ago to celebrate 22 years at the helm of ROH (longer than...
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...