 | Eugene Onegin
20 November 2009
Tchaikovsky’s best-known opera is a bold choice for a small regional company; it requires accomplished singing from the principals and a measure of spectacle for the scenes including dance. Robi....
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 | Schnittke's Faust
19 November 2009
London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall
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 | Così fan tutte
19 November 2009
English Chamber Opera @ John McIntosh Arts Centre Theatre, London
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 | Bryn Terfel's Bad Boys
18 November 2009
After all the recent complaints about short-changing programmes and dodgy tenor partners it was clear that no one was going to accuse Bryn Terfel of not giving value for money with a programme of elev....
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 | Teseo
18 November 2009
There’s a problem inherent in any staging of a Handel opera for a modern audience – what activity is best suited to the da capo section of an aria? If the work’s a more familiar one,....
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 | Semele
18 November 2009
It is easy to see why Handel’s Semele was such a flop when it premiered in 1744. When audiences were expecting another Samson or Saul, a steamy tale of sex, seduction, betrayal and revenge was n....
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 | Così fan tutte
17 November 2009
You’d be hard put to find a more delectable soprano trio than that of Gillian Ramm (Fiordiligi), Lucia Cirillo (Dorabella) and Simona Mihai (Despina) in the revival of Nicholas Hynter’s pr....
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 | Duke Bluebeard's Castle/The Rite of Spring
8 November 2009
What's lurking behind the seven locked doors of Duke Bluebeard's castle? Most productions treat the opera as a symbol-laden psychodrama. So they don't show us, leaving the terrifying power of Bart&oac....
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 | Renee Fleming In Concert
4 November 2009
The RPO at the Royal Festival Hall
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 | Artaxerxes
31 October 2009
The Royal Opera’s new production of Artaxerxes by the composer of “Rule Britannia”, produced in the Linbury Studio, is a delight. Long-forgotten works can often turn out to be a disa....
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