Grand Theatre, Leeds The company’s season of short operas is less adventurous than its previous...
Reviews
Mansfield Park at The Grange
I’m not sure how many of the audience at The Grange for the first of two performances of Jonathan...
Figaro Getting Hitched on the Big Screen at Opera Philadelphia’s “Festival O 17”
Opera Philadelphia’s “Festival O 17” (September 14 to 25) – including a free reprise of the...
Turandot in San Francisco
The hype surrounding the Hockney retrospective just now in Paris, last year in London and soon to...
The School of Jealousy: Bampton Classical Opera bring Salieri to London
Second, summer downpours having necessitated removal into the Church of St Mary’s, the nave of...
Richard Jones’ new La bohème opens ROH season
Even before curtain-up, the gently falling snow was sparkling against the black night sky of...
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream: Composer Moto Osada’s New Opera at the Japan Society
It is such stuff as dreams are made on. This week, the Japan Society in New York City plays host...
La Bohème, Royal Opera House review – efficient but antiseptic production generates passion only in the pit
Royal Opera House, London Richard Jones’s new staging of Puccini’s opera is uncontroversial and...
The Vanishing Bridegroom review – Judith Weir’s ingenious folk opera in concise BYO revival
Peacock theatre, London British Youth Opera’s compact revival showcases a strong ensemble cast...
Robin Tritschler and Julius Drake open Wigmore Hall’s 2017/18 season
In fact, John Gilhooly, the Director of the Wigmore Hall, looked surprisingly relaxed on Saturday...