Opera
Buried treasure
Wexford is to opera-goers what casinos are to gamblers. The uncertainty, the hope, the exhilaration — they’re all a crucial…
A night at the circus
The Royal Opera’s latest production is Shostakovich’s The Nose and to paraphrase Mark Steyn, whatever else can be said about…
A night at the circus
The Royal Opera’s latest production is Shostakovich’s The Nose and to paraphrase Mark Steyn, whatever else can be said about…
A night at the circus
The Royal Opera’s latest production is Shostakovich’s The Nose and to paraphrase Mark Steyn, whatever else can be said about…
High and low
‘Besides feeble writing, there is a mixture of tragic-comedy and buffoonery in it, which Apostolo Zeno and Metastasio had banished…
High and low
‘Besides feeble writing, there is a mixture of tragic-comedy and buffoonery in it, which Apostolo Zeno and Metastasio had banished…
High and low
‘Besides feeble writing, there is a mixture of tragic-comedy and buffoonery in it, which Apostolo Zeno and Metastasio had banished…
High and low
‘Besides feeble writing, there is a mixture of tragic-comedy and buffoonery in it, which Apostolo Zeno and Metastasio had banished…
Sinful treat
Shiny swags of gold cloth hang in front of the curtain before David McVicar’s production of Der Rosenkavalier, and that’s…
Sinful treat
Shiny swags of gold cloth hang in front of the curtain before David McVicar’s production of Der Rosenkavalier, and that’s…
Sinful treat
Shiny swags of gold cloth hang in front of the curtain before David McVicar’s production of Der Rosenkavalier, and that’s…
Hole in the heart
Richard Jones’s new production of Don Giovanni at ENO bears some passing resemblances to the opera as envisaged by its…
Hole in the heart
Richard Jones’s new production of Don Giovanni at ENO bears some passing resemblances to the opera as envisaged by its…
Hole in the heart
Richard Jones’s new production of Don Giovanni at ENO bears some passing resemblances to the opera as envisaged by its…
Losing heart
The subtitle for Mozart’s Così fan tutte may be ‘The School For Lovers’, but it’s as a school for directors…
Losing heart
The subtitle for Mozart’s Così fan tutte may be ‘The School For Lovers’, but it’s as a school for directors…
Losing heart
The subtitle for Mozart’s Così fan tutte may be ‘The School For Lovers’, but it’s as a school for directors…
Pole apart
Alas, poor André Tchaikowsky. A survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto, with an assumed name that probably did his musical career…
Pole apart
Alas, poor André Tchaikowsky. A survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto, with an assumed name that probably did his musical career…
Super Norma
The Royal Opera has opened the season with a triumph, and in one of the most difficult of operas, Bellini’s…
Super Norma
The Royal Opera has opened the season with a triumph, and in one of the most difficult of operas, Bellini’s…
Super Norma
The Royal Opera has opened the season with a triumph, and in one of the most difficult of operas, Bellini’s…
Saintly sins
They say that the devil gets all the best tunes, and on the basis of this week’s opera-going it would…
Saintly sins
They say that the devil gets all the best tunes, and on the basis of this week’s opera-going it would…
Saintly sins
They say that the devil gets all the best tunes, and on the basis of this week’s opera-going it would…
