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....
