Jonathan Dove

The thankless art of the librettist

8 February 2025 9:00 am

Next week, after the première of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s new opera Festen, the cast and conductor will take their bow. All…

Hans Werner Henze: the Ed Miliband of opera

20 June 2015 9:00 am

We opera critics love gazing into crystal balls. We’re particularly good at discovering Ed Milibands and backing them to the…