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'

Véronique Gens recital & A Leeds Songbook at Leeds Lieder Festival | Live Review

• Friday, July 14, 2023

Two powerful concerts showcasing the versatility of the Leeds Lieder Festival

Berg: Lulu at Musik Theater Wien | Live Review

• Thursday, July 13, 2023

Verdi: Nabucco at La Fenice, Venice | Live Review

• Thursday, July 13, 2023

Masterful control and colour from the voices in Verdi's Nabucco at Teatro La Fencie