Igor Toronyi-Lalic

Naked ambition: Anthony Roth Costanzo in Philip Glass’s ‘Akhnaten’

Round-up of new opera

10 March 2016 3:00 pm

A mixed year so far for new opera. A few really dismal things have appeared from people who should know…

All at sea

21 November 2015 9:00 am

The Royal Opera House seemed nervous about Georg Friedrich Haas’s world première Morgen und Abend. They sent out a pdf…

All at sea

19 November 2015 3:00 pm

The Royal Opera House seemed nervous about Georg Friedrich Haas’s world première Morgen und Abend. They sent out a pdf…

All at sea

19 November 2015 3:00 pm

The Royal Opera House seemed nervous about Georg Friedrich Haas’s world première Morgen und Abend. They sent out a pdf…

Between Kafka and Crossroads

20 June 2015 9:00 am

We opera critics love gazing into crystal balls. We’re particularly good at discovering Ed Milibands and backing them to the…

Farewell, ENO

7 February 2015 9:00 am

It’s easy to forget what a mess of an art form opera once was. For its first 100 years it…

Rameau resurrected

6 December 2014 9:00 am

The poor French. When we think of classical music, we always think of the Germans. It’s understandable. Instinctive. Ingrained. But…