Der Rosenkavalier
Lush, elegant and vivid: Der Rosenkavalier at Garsington reviewed
At the turning point of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Der Rosenkavalier, all the clocks stop. Octavian has arrived…
Viennese whirl
‘First performance: Vienna, October 3, 1880’ declares the programme for Opera della Luna’s new production of Johann Strauss’s The Queen’s…
Strauss and Hofmannsthal deserve better from the Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival’s reputation might largely be one of cultural conservatism, but it made an impressive commitment to new works…
Sorry, Tara Erraught, but the age of the fat lady singing is over
London’s opera critics have been roundly condemned for suggesting that a female singer’s personal appearance could make her unsuitable for…
A Rosenkavalier without a heart ain’t much of a Rosenkavalier
In all its minute details, Der Rosenkavalier is rooted in a painstakingly stylised version of Rococo Vienna that, paradoxically, is…
Robin Ticciati interview: ‘Glyndebourne is a festival where the established and the fresh exist together’
Michael Henderson talks to Glyndebourne’s fresh-faced new music director, Robin Ticciati
