Verdi
Small is not beautiful
Neither OperaUpClose’s La traviata nor Finborough Theatre’s production of Boughton’s The Immortal Hour quite cut it
Musical feasts
I wasn’t going to write about Handel’s Rodelinda, wasn’t even intending to go, but thanks to the kindness of the…
Long life
Back home from a week in Italy, I almost feel that I haven’t left. For I go almost at once…
The anniversary addiction
Centenaries now seem to be the only reason that publishers and concert planners do anything at all
Verdi virtues
I’m not the first person to remark that Verdi is getting oddly little attention in this his bicentenary year, especially…
