La traviata at Glyndebourne: No Shrinking Violetta
In this 20th anniversary year of Glyndebourne, acclaimed director Tom Cairns returns to the festival,…
Browsing: Music
Porgy and Bess at Regent’s Park
Referring to Porgy and Bess as a ‘musical’ is a great disservice. Conceived by George…
The Pearl Fishers
When French composer, George Bizet, died from a heart attack at the untimely age of…
Garsington Opera 25th Anniversary Season: Fidelio
Never mind if the overture to Fidelio happens to be Beethoven’s 1st, 2nd or 3rd…
Così fan tutte
After a few variable seasons, I can report with pleasure that the English National Opera…
Welsh National Opera’s La Traviata
New theatre, old production. Nick Hammond finds Verdi’s La Traviata anything but tired… I’d love…
La fille du régiment
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performs for the last time at the Royal Opera House in Donizetti’s La fille du régiment…
La Bohème at the Royal Albert Hall
Giocomo Puccini’s La bohème makes a welcome return to the Royal Albert Hall in this magnificent Raymond Gubbay production, featuring some of the most talented rising stars from the opera world.
A Tale of Two Cellos
Nick Hammond wallows in a rare evening of musical bliss with the extraordinary cellist, Julian Lloyd Webber and his equally talented wife…
Rigoletto
With new Music Director Mark Wigglesworth at the helm at the ENO, the opening of Christopher Alden’s production of Rigoletto was more electrifying than typical first nights…
Britten’s Peter Grimes
Matt Hutchinson reviews the ENO’s revival of Britten’s bleak masterpiece…
Manon at the Royal Opera House
Whilst it may hark back to those heady days of the Belle Époque, the moral of Massenet’s 1884 opera is as relevant today as it was to the nineteenth century Parisian society…