Britten: The Turn of the Screw at English National Opera | Live Review

• Saturday, October 12, 2024

A handsome psychological drama has been created by director Isabella Bywater and her team

Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti/A Quiet Place at the Royal Opera | Live Review

• Friday, October 11, 2024

An efficient and minimalist set underpins Oliver Mears's new productions of Leonard Bernstein’s rarely-performed operas

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Theater Bonn | Live Review

• Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Theater Bonn's new production brings a highly comic account of Die Meistersinger, but with some disingenuous staging decisions

Britten: Peter Grimes at Dutch National Opera | Live Review

• Sunday, October 6, 2024

An arresting interpretation of Britten's harrowing opera in Amsterdam

Verdi: Don Carlo at the Vienna State Opera | Live Review

• Friday, September 27, 2024

Serebrennikov conducts a controversial history lesson in Vienna

Pergolesi: L’Olympiade at Vache Baroque Festival | Live Review

• Thursday, September 26, 2024

The Buckinghamshire-based festival presents Pergolesi’s dramma per musica in a newly-created English script

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin at the Royal Opera | Live Review

• Wednesday, September 25, 2024

A nondescript nomansland underpins Ted Huffman's new production of Tchaikovsky's 3-act opera

Salzburg Festival 2024 opera roundup | Live Review

• Monday, September 16, 2024

Speaking to artistic director Markus Hinterhäuser about his vision for the festival alongside a survey of this year's operas

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro at Royal Opera Covent Garden | Live Review

• Monday, September 16, 2024

An intimate reading of Mozart's opera buffa with a talented young cast

Porpora: Ifigenia in Aulide at Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival | Live Review

• Friday, September 13, 2024

Operas on Derek Jarman: JAM on the Marsh composer's residency | Live Review

• Thursday, September 12, 2024

Four operas from JAM on the Marsh's opera writing residency at the 2024 Kent-based festival

Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro 2024 Roundup | Live Review

• Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Three productions from, including a sparkling new 'Ermione' from Pesaro's Rossini Opera Festival

Verdi: Don Carlos at Royal Danish Opera | Live Review

• Monday, September 9, 2024

The premiere of Davide Livermore's new production of Verdi's epic at the Royal Danish Opera had mixed results, though showcased some tender performances from its cast

Lliam Paterson: Sherlock Holmes - The Sign of Four at Leeds Opera Festival | Live Review

• Friday, August 30, 2024

Lliam Paterson's new opera for the Northern Opera Group brought a thoroughly entertaining reading of Conan Doyle's classic

Buxton International Festival opera round up | Live Review

• Wednesday, August 28, 2024

A round up of the operas from the 2024 Buxton International Festival