Ariadne auf Naxos Mel Cooper 18/07/2018 Ariadne auf Naxos is one of the most poetical, intellectual, and musically nuanced of operas, a sophisticate treat. Written by Hugo von Hoffmansthal a...
Orfeo ed Euridice Mel Cooper 04/08/2017 The season at Longborough, as always, ended with a production devoted to young, up-and-coming performers both on stage and in the orchestra pit, an in...
The Magic Flute Mel Cooper 17/07/2017 The new production of Mozart’s pantomime singspiel, The Magic Flute, at Longborough this year is simply one of the most delightful, most dramatically ...
Fidelio Mel Cooper 26/06/2017 This production of Beethoven’s spiritual, hopeful opera Fidelio succeeds on its important musical levels. All the principal singers have fine voices a...
Alcina Mel Cooper 02/08/2016 As is now traditional, the Longborough Opera Festival is ending its current season at its home base with a production dedicated to giving young singer...
Le Nozze di Figaro Mel Cooper 03/07/2016 You do not go to Longborough for hugely glamorous productions. A bit like Bayreuth after WWII, the approach is highly intelligent but quite minimalis...
Tannhäuser Mel Cooper 21/06/2016 Tannhäuser is one of the less performed of the Wagner operas, usually; but on the evidence of this production at Longborough it deserves more attentio...
