Opera
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…
Giving it both barrels
In Joseph Roth’s The Radetzky March, the ageing Emperor Franz Joseph regrets the drab field-grey that has replaced his army’s…
Giving it both barrels
In Joseph Roth’s The Radetzky March, the ageing Emperor Franz Joseph regrets the drab field-grey that has replaced his army’s…
Giving it both barrels
In Joseph Roth’s The Radetzky March, the ageing Emperor Franz Joseph regrets the drab field-grey that has replaced his army’s…
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:…
All’s well that ends well
The last ten minutes of any Don Giovanni tell you more about a director than the previous two hours. Mozart’s…
All’s well that ends well
The last ten minutes of any Don Giovanni tell you more about a director than the previous two hours. Mozart’s…
All’s well that ends well
The last ten minutes of any Don Giovanni tell you more about a director than the previous two hours. Mozart’s…
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…
Brief encounters
When Mozart was commissioned to write an opera for the coronation of Emperor Leopold II, he produced La clemenza di…
Brief encounters
When Mozart was commissioned to write an opera for the coronation of Emperor Leopold II, he produced La clemenza di…
Brief encounters
When Mozart was commissioned to write an opera for the coronation of Emperor Leopold II, he produced La clemenza di…
Buried treasure
Wexford is to opera-goers what casinos are to gamblers. The uncertainty, the hope, the exhilaration — they’re all a crucial…
Buried treasure
Wexford is to opera-goers what casinos are to gamblers. The uncertainty, the hope, the exhilaration — they’re all a crucial…
Buried treasure
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
The Royal Opera’s latest production is Shostakovich’s The Nose and to paraphrase Mark Steyn, whatever else can be said about…
