Opera reviews: Le Grand Macabre, La Traviata and Written on Skin
THE London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre is on a high. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed More...
Opera review: Gerald Finley in recital with Sir Antonio Pappano
THE working partnership between Gerald Finley and Sir Antonio Pappano took a new turn last week when the Royal Opera’s music director acted as piano accompanist to the Canadian bass-baritone in an evening that More...
Opera reviews: Il Trovatore and The Glory of Venice
THE Royal Opera’s new production of Verdi’s Il Trovatore received what are politely called mixed reviews when first staged last summer. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed More...
Opera Review: Il Trovatore at the Royal Opera House
ALL you need to make a great opera is a brilliant composer, terrific singers who can also act, a superb conductor and orchestra, and a fine team of director and designers. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed More...
Opera review: Gerald Barry’s Alice’s Adventures Under Ground
AFTER THE success of his plate-smashing riff in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance Of Being Earnest, it seems natural for Irish composer Gerald Barry to take on another Victorian classic; or a pair in this case. Daily More...
Opera review: Oreste at Wilton’s Music Hall
Oreste is an opera by Handel that is rarely seen, and for a logical reason: it is hardly an opera at all. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed More...
Opera review: Lulu at the English National Opera
WHEN Alban Berg’s opera Lulu was first produced just before the Second World War, it was hailed by many for its energy and innovatory music. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed More...
Opera Review: Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Royal Opera House
OFFENBACH’S Tales of Hoffmann is a curiously inconsistent work. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed More...
Opera reviews: Madama Butterfly and Ulysses’ Homecoming
ON August 9, 1945, an atomic bomb dropped by America on Nagasaki killed 35,000 people and left the Japanese city devastated. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed More...
Opera reviews: Tosca and The Fairy Queen
MORE than any other Puccini opera, Tosca is a rollercoaster from start to finish. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed More...