Simon Keenlyside
Why imperfect operas like Don Carlo are more interesting than perfect ones
Michael Tanner 8 August 2020 9:00 am
In the 62 years since I first heard and saw Don Carlo, in the famous and long-lasting production by Visconti…
Testosterone and passion: Royal Opera’s Marriage of Figaro reviewed
Alexandra Coghlan 6 July 2019 9:00 am
Another turn around the block for David McVicar’s handsome 1830s Figaro at the Royal Opera — the sixth since the…
Keith Warner's Wozzeck doesn't make me as angry as it used to
Michael Tanner 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…