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...
Reviewer's Rating Katya Kabanova Owen Davies 06/02/2019This austere opera by Janacek never offers an easy evening in the opera house. Richard Jones’ new production for the...
Reviewer's Rating The Daughter of the Regiment Owen Davies 04/08/2018Opera Della Luna has an admirable track record of revitalising old comic operas. Its guiding spirit, Jeff Clarke, has taken...
Reviewer's Rating The Rape of Lucretia Owen Davies 25/07/2018The Grimeborn opera season at the Arcola Theatre in Dalston begins with The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten and...
Reviewer's Rating Kiss me Kate Owen Davies 22/06/2018Another classic musical arrives on the stage of the Coliseum in London. Cole Porter’s witty and entertaining story of the...
Reviewer's Rating 4.48 Psychosis Owen Davies 26/04/2018“Behold the light of despair, the glare of anguish”. It is so difficult to know where to start with this...
Reviewer's Rating The Marriage of Figaro Owen Davies 05/04/2018The English National Opera’s revival of The Marriage of Figaro is a welcome success after recent troubles. Fiona Shaw, who...
Reviewer's Rating The Mikado Owen Davies 30/03/2018What is the opposite of “turning in your grave”? Because whatever it is that is what W. S. Gilbert is...
Reviewer's Rating Dank Verse Owen Davies 26/03/2018Will Penswick bills himself as the worst performance poet in the world. Don’t believe him – this is a seriously...
Reviewer's Rating La Traviata Owen Davies 25/03/2018Every opera company needs a top quality production of Traviata that it can roll out to bring in the crowds...