An impressively magical Magic Flute – a great time of the year for Mozart’s opera
Mozart’s Magic Flute is the perfect opera to stage around this time of the year. Its bizarre plot embeds a love story into a mystical quest, with a ludicrous birdcatcher character adding a strong comic element More...
Penny Mordaunt slams Downing Street ‘soap opera’ as Tory rebels call for Truss resignation
The former Conservative leadership candidate has backed her Prime Minister as she asks the party to work together. Daily Express :: News Feed More...
Pavarotti and Queen: WATCH opera legend perform with Brian May and Roger Taylor
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI, who died 15 years ago, once performed with Brian May and Roger Taylor in a stunning rendition of Two Much Love Will Kill You followed by Radio Ga Ga. Daily Express :: Music Feed More...
Brexit fury as EU Phantom of the Opera tour coming from CHINA as Britons ‘too expensive’
A PRODUCTION of Phantom of the Opera has been brought in from China to tour the EU rather than a production from the UK due to costs and red tape after Brexit, the boss of a theatre company has said. Daily Express More...
Cruise ship MSC Opera smashes into Venice dock leaving at least five injured – watch video
CRUISE ship passengers were left horrified with at least five injured, as their vessel plunged into a dock in Venice. Tourists were seen fleeing the scene at the Giudecca canal in Italy. Daily Express :: Travel More...
OPERA REVIEW: Das Rheingold and Die Walküre
KEITH Warner’s staging of Wagner’s mighty Der Ring Des Nibelungen has rolled into the Royal Opera House in four complete Ring Cycles that will last into November. His Das Rheingold, first seen in 2004, opens More...
Opera Review: London Symphony Orchestra/Rattle and Opening Season for New Linbury Theatre
AS THE opener to his second season as music director of the London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle offered a challenging programme of British music. It began with the world premiere of a fanfare by Harrison More...
Opera review: Verbier Festival 2018 25th Anniversary Gala
THE Swiss ski resort of Verbier sees a complete change of scene each summer. A firm favourite with the younger British royals for its challenging pistes and lively après-ski, it is reputedly a luxury resort for More...
Opera Review: Ariadne Auf Naxos at Opera Holland Park
OPERA Holland Park’s final offering of the season is also its first Richard Strauss. Ariadne auf Naxos is an opera within an opera and director / designer Antony McDonald has achieved a clever amalgam of the More...
Opera Review: Romeo et Juliette, The Abduction and La Bohème
TWO WHITE coffins surrounded by black-clad mourners during the overture of Patrick Mason’s staging of Romeo Et Juliette reveal what we already know of the young lovers’ fate. The suitably dramatic scene More...