Samson Alessandro Zummo 16/07/2024In 1733, the great philosopher Voltaire and the renowned composer Jean-Philippe Rameau created an opera inspired by the Bible (Book...
Pelléas et Mélisande Alessandro Zummo 12/07/2024Katie Mitchell’s production of Claude Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande is an absolute masterpiece. This is a revival of the 2016...
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 Secret Garden Emily Stone 03/07/2024Emily Stone (13) There’s something truly magical about visiting this theatre on a warm evening in Regent’s Park. The setting...
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...
Reviewer's Rating Shirley Valentine Ben Reiss 14/06/2024Sally Reid dazzles in this superb adaptation of Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine. The play’s tale of a lonely and under-estimated...
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,...
Reviewer's Rating Sunset Song Ben Reiss 30/05/2024This ambitious but ultimately bloodless adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s 1932 classic novel should be lauded for its brave efforts,...