Garsington

Shiny, raunchy, heartless spectacular: Platée, at Garsington, reviewed

8 June 2024 9:00 am

Fast times on Mount Olympus. Jupiter has been shagging around again and now his wife Juno has bailed on their…

Dressing up for the opera is not elitist

13 June 2015 9:00 am

It’s June, and the country-house summer opera festivals are now in full swing. Glyndebourne, which opened the season last month,…

Clive Bayley in his guise as knight-errant

Tilting at metronomes: Massenet's Don Quichotte opens at Grange Park Opera

21 June 2014 9:00 am

To suggest that the ageing Jules Massenet identified himself with the title character of his Don Quichotte is nothing new…

The Spectator’s notes

13 July 2013 9:00 am

Andrew Mitchell was forced to resign as the Tory Chief Whip last autumn because he called policemen at the Downing…