Monteverdi: The Coronation of Poppea at English Touring Opera | Live Review
- Monday, October 2, 2023
Under a new director, English Touring Opera ascends to great heights musically, even if some dramatic elements have a way to go
Reviews
Jake Heggie: Dead Man Walking at The Metropolitan Opera | Live Review
- Thursday, September 28, 2023
Based on the memoir by Sister Helen Prejean focused on her experiences with prisoners on death row, Jake Heggie's opera opens the Met's 2023/34 season
Rene Orth: 10 Days in a Madhouse at Opera Philadelphia | Live Review
- Friday, September 22, 2023
A vital new opera from Rene Orth opened Opera Philadelphia's O Festival 2023
Puccini: Tosca at Northern Ireland Opera | Live Review
- Wednesday, September 13, 2023
An intelligent new production from NI Opera of Puccini's masterpiece is full of vocal intensity
Donizetti and Friends: Opera Rara at Wigmore Hall | Live Review
- Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Tenor Lawrence Brownlee and Carlo Rizzi present the start to Opera Rara's Donizetti Song Project
Bizet: Carmen at Scottish Opera | Live Review
- Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Dan Lamb lead a responsive Scottish Opera Orchestra in this English-language translation
Puccini: Tosca at Bergen International Festival | Live Review
- Tuesday, August 29, 2023
There was plenty of drama in the concert performance of Tosca by Bergen National Opera and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Handel: Semele at Glyndebourne Festival Opera | Live Review
- Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Adele Thomas's staging of Handel's oratorio committed to narrowing-down the celebratory work
Monteverdi: Orfeo at Santa Fe Opera | Live Review
- Monday, August 14, 2023
With a modernised score by composer Nico Muhly, Santa Fe's first Orfeo draws on a 'diverse palette of colours'
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites at the BBC Proms | Live Review
- Monday, August 14, 2023
From its run at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the company transports Poulenc's masterpiece to the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms
Vaughan Williams: Pilgrims Progress at the Three Choirs Festival | Live Review
- Friday, July 28, 2023
Vaughan Williams's theatre work really needs a theatre, but the British Youth Opera threw themselves into the drama
Dove: Itch at Opera Holland Park | Live Review
- Monday, July 24, 2023
In a warm operatic atmosphere, the world premiere of Jonathan Dove's new opera lacked much-needed excitement
Venables: The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions at the Manchester International Festival | Live Review
- Monday, July 24, 2023
The latest stage work by Philip Venables sets Larry Mitchell's 1977 novel and is a whimsical reflection on the struggles of gay people
Wagner: Tristan & Isolde at Grange Park Opera | Live Review
- Thursday, July 20, 2023
A meaningfully staged production of Wagner's three act opera at Grange Park, conducted by Stephen Barlow
Libby Larsen: Barnum's Bird at the Royal College of Music | Live Review
- Thursday, July 20, 2023
Ella Marchment's staging of the UK premiere of Libby Larsen's opera was 'exhaustingly alive'
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