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King Arthur at the Barbican: a semi-opera for the ‘Brexit Age’
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Reviews
Elder conducts Lohengrin
There have been dozens of capable, and more than capable, recordings of Lohengrin. Among the...
King Arthur review – home truths with Purcell transposed to the age of Brexit
Barbican, London Daisy Evan’s bold new version – reflecting on national identity – was strongly...
Anne Schwanewilms sings Schreker, Schubert, Liszt and Korngold
On a day when events in Las Vegas cast a shadow over much of the news this was not the most...
Review: Elektra, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, Sept. 19, 2017
Keith Warner's frenetic, conceptually driven production of Richard Strauss's Elektra (1909)...
Premiere Recording: Mayr’s Telemaco nell’isola di Calipso (1797)
No sooner had I drafted my review of Simon Mayr’s Medea in Corinto, recently posted ...
Scriabin: 2nd symphony and piano concerto (Lawo classics)
What did Alexander Scriabin have in common with Donald J. Trump? Small hands, that’s what....
Aida opens the season at ENO
Writing of McDermott’s Satyagraha in 2010, one of my colleagues wrote, ‘There are so many amazing...
Aida review – power and passion marred by a few duff notes
Coliseum, London Phelim McDermott’s new production for ENO features some virtuoso turns and...
La Traviata in San Francisco
Romanian soprano Aurelia Florian sings Violetta in all ten performances (through October 17). She...
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Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart
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CANADIANS NEXT ON STAGE
Feb 22 2025
Jacqueline Luna Pearl Woolf
Tapestry Opera
Betty Oliphant Theatre
Feb 22 2025
Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart
Burnaby Lyric Opera
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Feb 22 2025
Macina Competition Various
Toronto City Opera
Church of the Redeemer
Feb 23 2025
The Little PrincePortman
Pacific Opera Victoria
Royal Theatre (Victoria)
No event found!
