A really fine performance of this opera is very rare: often productions veer too much in the direction of cheap farce on the one hand or brittle cynic...
The English National Opera’s revival of The Marriage of Figaro is a welcome success after recent troubles. Fiona Shaw, who was the original director o...
The COCs new production of Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio attempts much, but delivers little. The production, at first glance, seems replete...
What makes a story still so relevant even though it’s a part of ancient legends that have their origin over 3000 years ago? It’s the identification wi...
This was an absolutely amazing, sophisticated, breathtaking opera production, definitely one of the best in recent memory at the Tel Aviv Opera House....
The new production of Mozart’s pantomime singspiel, The Magic Flute, at Longborough this year is simply one of the most delightful, most dramatically ...
Mitridate is an opera seria written by Mozart when he was a 14 year old, learning his trade and flexing his creative muscles. So you might be forgiven...
Bury Court Opera is a delight. An hour from London on the train from Waterloo, the two week festival takes place in an ancient tithe barn converted in...
Keith Warner's strongly conceived production of Don Giovanni (in revival with assistance from Michael Moxham) remains a public success in crowning ten...
