A Tale of Two Operas
Paul Guest reviews two of the operas from The Royal Opera’s spring season, Fidelio and The Tsar’s Bride, which will both be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 this month.
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The Young Elizabeth
Young soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn has had a difficult ride. After gaining a scholarship to study…
Barenboim: A View from the Bridge
Last week, Daniel Barenboim took to the Tate Modern Turbine Hall Bridge to give a one-off, all-Chopin concert with the Staatskapelle Berlin. Our wild-haired, roving music critic Paul Guest reports…
The Playboy Opera House
Music critic Paul Guest visits The Royal Opera House to experience the latest performance to cause gasps of horror, shock and delight among West End audiences; the tragic tale of Anna Nicole Smith.
Little Opera House on the Prairie
A breakout movement from the world of opera has emerged from the most unlikely of places; in the back room of a pub in North London. Music critic Paul Guest dishes the dirt on the hottest new opera this side of Covent Garden…