Reviewer's Rating Giulio Cesare Owen Davies 09/03/2018John Coke and his team at Bury Court have conjured up a minor miracle with a production of Giulio Cesare...
Reviewer's Rating La Forza del Destino Owen Davies 15/02/2018This Verdi blockbuster, chosen by Welsh National Opera as part of their ‘Rabble Rousers’ season, deals with the malevolent effect...
Reviewer's Rating Barber of Seville Owen Davies 11/01/2018The Barber of Seville is a remarkable opera. Now more than 200 years old – it was premiered in 1816...
Reviewer's Rating The Dark Room Owen Davies 15/11/2017his short play from the Australian writer Angela Betzien is well titled. The room we are taken to – in...
Reviewer's Rating Poison Owen Davies 08/11/2017his is a play about loss and grief. Although it is short, it packs a great deal of emotion into...
Reviewer's Rating Tosca Owen Davies 13/10/2017he second act of Tosca is almost always a harrowing experience. The sexual abuse of a distressed woman by a...
Reviewer's Rating Aida Owen Davies 06/10/2017ida is grand opera in every way – big voices, huge choruses, and lots of extras. And this ENO production,...
Reviewer's Rating Eugene Onegin Owen Davies 02/10/2017The WNO autumn season is labelled ‘Russian Revolution’ and comprises works by Tchaikovsky, Musorgsky, and Janacek, all set in Russia....
Reviewer's Rating Cavalleria Rusticana Owen Davies 29/09/2017ascagni’s superb verismo masterpiece is being presented as part of Opera North’s imaginative Little Greats series. It is given in...
Reviewer's Rating Dolphins and Sharks Owen Davies 17/09/2017his riveting play comes to London from New York. Author James Anthony Tyler creates a brilliant scenario in which the...