Reviewer's Rating Salome Tim Hochstrasser 09/01/2018Salome was Strauss’ breakthrough opera and it has all the hallmarks of his early style – lush voluptuous writing for...
Reviewer's Rating Semiramide Tim Hochstrasser 21/12/2017Rossini loved food. A gourmand and gourmet after whom many dishes were named, one of the few times he is...
Reviewer's Rating Coriolanus Tim Hochstrasser 12/11/2017oriolanus comes to the Barbican as the first instalment of the RSC’s Roman season in a transfer from Stratford. Any...
Reviewer's Rating Lucia di Lammermoor Tim Hochstrasser 03/11/2017his famous opera regained its place in the repertory thanks to the role it played in the careers of Callas...
Reviewer's Rating Insignificance Tim Hochstrasser 27/10/2017hirty five years ago Insignificance was the breakthrough play of Terry Johnson, and from it came the film directed by...
Reviewer's Rating The Best Man Tim Hochstrasser 09/10/2017here are not many plays around right now that get to the heart of the tensions and conflicts of the...
Reviewer's Rating Richard III Tim Hochstrasser 28/08/2017ntic Disposition have honed the historical contextualization of Shakespeare to a fine art. After a remarkable tour of Henry V...
Reviewer's Rating Now I am alone Tim Hochstrasser 09/07/2017hemed anthologies of Shakespeare are an old and respected theatre genre: Ellen Terry toured with her personal version of Shakespearean...
Reviewer's Rating Bat out of Hell Tim Hochstrasser 24/06/2017he London Coliseum is used to welcoming bats around Christmas time when Die Fledermaus puts in an appearance, but it...
Reviewer's Rating Mayerling Tim Hochstrasser 24/05/2017mong Kenneth MacMillan’s many distinctive and famous ballets Mayerling continues to win the highest plaudits, and justly so. More than...