Royal Opera

Simon Keenlyside and John Tomlinson in ‘Wozzeck’

Third time lucky

9 November 2013 9:00 am

When Keith Warner’s production of Berg’s Wozzeck was first produced at the Royal Opera, nine years ago, it made me…

Don Q lite

5 October 2013 9:00 am

Superstar Carlos Acosta makes little or no reference to Don Quixote’s established history in his programme note about the genesis…

Sensational Strauss

5 October 2013 9:00 am

It’s been a sensational week for opera in London, with a sensationally good performance of Strauss’s Elektra at the Royal…

Winningly diminutive: Eri Nakamura as Liù

Beyond redemption

21 September 2013 9:00 am

It’s a cynical start to the Royal Opera’s season to have this 1984 production of Puccini’s last opera Turandot. Not…

Ekaterina Krysanova and Vyacheslav Lopatin in Balanchine’s ‘Rubies’

A trio of gems

17 August 2013 9:00 am

Jewels is everything a George Balanchine admirer could ask for. The sumptuous triptych, set to scores by Fauré, Stravinsky and…