Ariadne auf Naxos is one of the most poetical, intellectual, and musically nuanced of operas, a sophisticate treat. Written by Hugo von Hoffmansthal a...
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 new production of Mozart’s pantomime singspiel, The Magic Flute, at Longborough this year is simply one of the most delightful, most dramatically ...
This production of Beethoven’s spiritual, hopeful opera Fidelio succeeds on its important musical levels. All the principal singers have fine voices a...
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...
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 is one of the less performed of the Wagner operas, usually; but on the evidence of this production at Longborough it deserves more attentio...