Reviewer's Rating Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel Owen Davies 02/04/2019What a pity that ENO did not decide to call this opera simply The Women of Whitechapel and leave the...
reviewer's rating La forza del destino (The Power of Fate) Rivka Jacobson 01/04/2019This production has attracted much attention: not only has the entire run nearly sold out at the box office, but...
Reviewer's Rating The Magic Flute Austin Fimmano 16/03/2019The Magic Flute returns to the English National Opera this week to much applause. The revival of the dircetor Simon...
reviewer's rating The Merry Widow Owen Davies 03/03/2019The Merry Widow is a charming bit of Viennese nonsense with some good tunes and a bit of a Beatrice...
Reviewer's rating La favorite Alessandro Zummo 28/02/2019The Teatro Massimo’s new production of Donizetti’s La Favorite revives the tradition of Bel Canto in all its magnificence. Performed...
Reviewer's rating Cosi fan Tutte Owen Davies 26/02/2019Covent Garden’s revival of Jan Philipp Gloger’s production of Cosi Fan Tutte makes a welcome return to Covent Garden. Cosi...
Reviewer's rating Aurora Owen Davies 25/02/2019The admirable Bury Court Opera has brought us another specially commissioned work by promising young composer Noah Mosley. It’s a...
Reviewer's Rating Un Ballo in Maschera Owen Davies 19/02/2019Giuseppe Verdi often fell foul of the censors, and he was well aware that an opera about the assassination of...
Reviewer's rating The Magic Flute Owen Davies 17/02/2019How can you not love an opera that begins with the hero running on stage pursued by a giant lobster,...
Reviewer's Rating Anthropocene Owen Davies 09/02/2019Scottish Opera makes a very welcome visit to London, bringing their newly commissioned opera by composer Stuart MacRae and librettist...