The Consul review – Menotti’s clunky opera resists Guildhall’s best efforts
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London A talented team do their best to breathe life...
Lucia di Lammermoor review – bloody and convincing
Royal Opera House, London Katie Mitchell’s intelligent production of Donizetti’s opera -...
Richard Jones’s Rodelinda returns to ENO
An indignant sense of unjust usurpation was probably just as prevalent in Hanoverian London...
Review: Canadian Opera Company’s Centre Stage Gala featuring the Ensemble Studio Competition, Nov. 1, 2017
On Nov. 1, 2017, the Canadian Opera Company presented its annual Centre Stage Gala featuring the...
Rodelinda review – top-notch cast embrace dark vision of Handel
By: George Hall for the Guardian (UK) Coliseum, London In its original 1724 form, Handel’s opera...
Sondra Radvanovsky gives a flawless recital
Reviewing a concert given by an artist with a voice like the stentorian soprano Sondra...
