Le nozze di Figaro at the Royal College of Music | Live Review
- Tuesday, March 18, 2025
This production's success lies in its principals, rather than in the direction
Reviews
Britten: Peter Grimes at the Gothenburg Opera | Live Review
- Monday, March 17, 2025
Grimes plays to Gothenburg’s strengths as an ensemble company, even if shortcomings here underline what a treacherously difficult piece this remains for non-natives
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Royal Danish Opera | Live Review
- Monday, March 17, 2025
Laurent Pelly’s production is theatrically joyous and unfailingly penetrating
Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto at Hamburg State Opera | Live Review
- Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Stripping away nearly everything that isn’t music turns the strongest focus on singing, and this was uniformly highly impressive
Wagner: Götterdämmerung at Regents Opera | Live Review
- Tuesday, March 4, 2025
An absolute triumph, all brought together by Ben Woodward’s intimate knowledge of this score
Verdi: Il trovatore at the Royal Opera | Live Review
- Thursday, February 27, 2025
Fantastic chorus work was not always supported by its principal singers in the revival of Adele Thomas's production
Bellini: Norma at Wiener Staatsoper | Live Review
- Monday, February 24, 2025
The 'Battle of the Normas' continued with Cyril Teste directing at the Staatsoper
Thea Musgrave: Mary, Queen of Scots at English National Opera | Live Review
- Wednesday, February 19, 2025
The 'rare resurrection of an overlooked crown jewel' lights up ENO's stage for its final new production of the 24/25 season
Book review | Story of the Century: Wagner and the creation of The Ring by Michael Downes
- Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Downes's book balances accessibility with scholarship, avoiding dense academic discussions and favouring clear explanations
Book review: Dreaming in Ensemble, How Black Artists Transformed American Opera
- Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Lucy Caplan's history of Black opera on Harvard University Press is undigestibly academic
Bellini: Norma at Theater an der Wien | Live Review
- Monday, February 17, 2025
It’s an effective staging, simple yet detailed at the same time, and the narrative is clear
Janáček: The Makropulos Affair at Scottish Opera | Live Review
- Monday, February 17, 2025
Janáček’s fantastically gnarly score didn’t sound complete minus the grit of the Czech language, such an integral part of his music
Wagner: Das Rheingold at Opéra de Paris | Live Review
- Monday, February 17, 2025
Calixto Bieito’s production is generally clear and he focuses on the ever-growing power expressed through technology and AI
Rameau: Castor et Pollux at Opéra de Paris | Live Review
- Monday, February 17, 2025
The dynamic control of the opening chorus would have been worth the price of admission alone
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman at Opera North | Live Review
- Friday, February 14, 2025
Yet however good the intentions, the thematic realignment weakened the piece as a drama
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