Opera

Gardeners’ world

10 December 2016 9:00 am

For the past few weeks I have been working my way through Decca’s gigantic set of every note Mozart wrote…

Gardeners’ world

8 December 2016 3:00 pm

For the past few weeks I have been working my way through Decca’s gigantic set of every note Mozart wrote…

Gardeners’ world

8 December 2016 3:00 pm

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

3 December 2016 9:00 am

As the dreaded season of goodwill approaches, the Royal Opera has mounted two revivals of pieces that are interestingly contrasted:…

From first to last

1 December 2016 3:00 pm

As the dreaded season of goodwill approaches, the Royal Opera has mounted two revivals of pieces that are interestingly contrasted:…

From first to last

1 December 2016 3:00 pm

As the dreaded season of goodwill approaches, the Royal Opera has mounted two revivals of pieces that are interestingly contrasted:…

All’s well that ends well

26 November 2016 9:00 am

The last ten minutes of any Don Giovanni tell you more about a director than the previous two hours. Mozart’s…

All at sea: Rachel Kelly as Donna Elvira and Henk Neven as Don Giovanni in Northern Ireland Opera’s ‘Don Giovanni’

All’s well that ends well

24 November 2016 3:00 pm

The last ten minutes of any Don Giovanni tell you more about a director than the previous two hours. Mozart’s…

All at sea: Rachel Kelly as Donna Elvira and Henk Neven as Don Giovanni in Northern Ireland Opera’s ‘Don Giovanni’

All’s well that ends well

24 November 2016 3:00 pm

The last ten minutes of any Don Giovanni tell you more about a director than the previous two hours. Mozart’s…

Another fine mess

19 November 2016 9:00 am

I wonder why ENO has invested in a new production of Berg’s Lulu, when the previous one, which we first…

Intimations of perplexity: Joanna Dudley in ‘Lulu’ at ENO

Another fine mess

17 November 2016 3:00 pm

I wonder why ENO has invested in a new production of Berg’s Lulu, when the previous one, which we first…

Intimations of perplexity: Joanna Dudley in ‘Lulu’ at ENO

Another fine mess

17 November 2016 3:00 pm

I wonder why ENO has invested in a new production of Berg’s Lulu, when the previous one, which we first…

Brief encounters

12 November 2016 9:00 am

When Mozart was commissioned to write an opera for the coronation of Emperor Leopold II, he produced La clemenza di…

Brief encounters

10 November 2016 3:00 pm

When Mozart was commissioned to write an opera for the coronation of Emperor Leopold II, he produced La clemenza di…

Brief encounters

10 November 2016 3:00 pm

When Mozart was commissioned to write an opera for the coronation of Emperor Leopold II, he produced La clemenza di…

Buried treasure

5 November 2016 9:00 am

Wexford is to opera-goers what casinos are to gamblers. The uncertainty, the hope, the exhilaration — they’re all a crucial…

Buried treasure

3 November 2016 3:00 pm

Wexford is to opera-goers what casinos are to gamblers. The uncertainty, the hope, the exhilaration — they’re all a crucial…

Buried treasure

3 November 2016 3:00 pm

Wexford is to opera-goers what casinos are to gamblers. The uncertainty, the hope, the exhilaration — they’re all a crucial…

A night at the circus

29 October 2016 9:00 am

The Royal Opera’s latest production is Shostakovich’s The Nose and to paraphrase Mark Steyn, whatever else can be said about…

Nose job: Shostakovich’s ‘The Nose’ at the Royal Opera House

A night at the circus

27 October 2016 2:00 pm

The Royal Opera’s latest production is Shostakovich’s The Nose and to paraphrase Mark Steyn, whatever else can be said about…

Nose job: Shostakovich’s ‘The Nose’ at the Royal Opera House

A night at the circus

27 October 2016 2:00 pm

The Royal Opera’s latest production is Shostakovich’s The Nose and to paraphrase Mark Steyn, whatever else can be said about…

Carry on camping: English Touring Opera’s ‘La Calisto’

High and low

22 October 2016 9:00 am

‘Besides feeble writing, there is a mixture of tragic-comedy and buffoonery in it, which Apostolo Zeno and Metastasio had banished…

High and low

20 October 2016 2:00 pm

‘Besides feeble writing, there is a mixture of tragic-comedy and buffoonery in it, which Apostolo Zeno and Metastasio had banished…

Carry on camping: English Touring Opera’s ‘La Calisto’

High and low

20 October 2016 2:00 pm

‘Besides feeble writing, there is a mixture of tragic-comedy and buffoonery in it, which Apostolo Zeno and Metastasio had banished…

Carry on camping: English Touring Opera’s ‘La Calisto’

High and low

20 October 2016 2:00 pm

‘Besides feeble writing, there is a mixture of tragic-comedy and buffoonery in it, which Apostolo Zeno and Metastasio had banished…