Ian Page

In defence of the earworm

4 December 2021 9:00 am

That strain again… it’s the morning after the concert and one tune is still there, playing in the head upon…

Are Mozart's forgotten contemporaries worth reviving?

1 May 2021 9:00 am

There are worse fates than posthumous obscurity. When Mozart visited Munich in October 1777, he was initially reluctant to visit…

Il Turco in Italia (Photo: Tristram Kenton)

Il turco in Italia, Royal Opera House, reviewed: bring sunglasses

25 April 2015 9:00 am

Big slats of orange, burning yellows, an Adriatic in electric blue: I wish I’d bought my sunglasses to the Royal…