Bruckner by numbers
It used to be said that Bruckner composed the same symphony nine times, whereas, thanks to the comparative frequency of…
Death rattle
The Barbican website warns us that Ligeti’s opera Le grand macabre ‘contains very strong language and adult themes’. The strong…
Death rattle
The Barbican website warns us that Ligeti’s opera Le grand macabre ‘contains very strong language and adult themes’. The strong…
Death rattle
The Barbican website warns us that Ligeti’s opera Le grand macabre ‘contains very strong language and adult themes’. The strong…
Gardeners’ world
For the past few weeks I have been working my way through Decca’s gigantic set of every note Mozart wrote…
Gardeners’ world
For the past few weeks I have been working my way through Decca’s gigantic set of every note Mozart wrote…
Gardeners’ world
For the past few weeks I have been working my way through Decca’s gigantic set of every note Mozart wrote…
From first to last
As the dreaded season of goodwill approaches, the Royal Opera has mounted two revivals of pieces that are interestingly contrasted:…
From first to last
As the dreaded season of goodwill approaches, the Royal Opera has mounted two revivals of pieces that are interestingly contrasted:…
From first to last
As the dreaded season of goodwill approaches, the Royal Opera has mounted two revivals of pieces that are interestingly contrasted:…
Another fine mess
I wonder why ENO has invested in a new production of Berg’s Lulu, when the previous one, which we first…
Another fine mess
I wonder why ENO has invested in a new production of Berg’s Lulu, when the previous one, which we first…
Another fine mess
I wonder why ENO has invested in a new production of Berg’s Lulu, when the previous one, which we first…
Hole in the heart
Richard Jones’s new production of Don Giovanni at ENO bears some passing resemblances to the opera as envisaged by its…
Hole in the heart
Richard Jones’s new production of Don Giovanni at ENO bears some passing resemblances to the opera as envisaged by its…
Hole in the heart
Richard Jones’s new production of Don Giovanni at ENO bears some passing resemblances to the opera as envisaged by its…
Super Norma
The Royal Opera has opened the season with a triumph, and in one of the most difficult of operas, Bellini’s…
Super Norma
The Royal Opera has opened the season with a triumph, and in one of the most difficult of operas, Bellini’s…
Super Norma
The Royal Opera has opened the season with a triumph, and in one of the most difficult of operas, Bellini’s…
This charmless man
I was looking forward to going to Malcolm Williamson’s opera English Eccentrics set to a text by Edith Sitwell at…
This charmless man
I was looking forward to going to Malcolm Williamson’s opera English Eccentrics set to a text by Edith Sitwell at…
This charmless man
I was looking forward to going to Malcolm Williamson’s opera English Eccentrics set to a text by Edith Sitwell at…
What’s love got to do with it?
Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades is probably his greatest opera, certainly the one in which his characteristic strengths are on…
What’s love got to do with it?
Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades is probably his greatest opera, certainly the one in which his characteristic strengths are on…
What’s love got to do with it?
Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades is probably his greatest opera, certainly the one in which his characteristic strengths are on…
