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