Rameau
No one understood the ennui of lockdown better than Louis XIV and his courtiers
Alexandra Coghlan 9 May 2020 9:00 am
A few years ago I interviewed an eminent baroque conductor. Prickly and professorial, tired after a day of rehearsals, he…
Meet the unrivalled Sun King of early music, William Christie
Richard Bratby 23 November 2019 9:00 am
It’s morning in the garden of William Christie, and he’s talking about home improvements. ‘I planted three pines up there…
Soap opera
Alexandra Coghlan 14 October 2017 9:00 am
Previously on Giulio Cesare… English Touring Opera’s new season caters cannily to the box-set generation by chopping Handel’s Egyptian power-and-politics…
Has there ever been a better time to be a lover of Baroque opera?
Alexandra Coghlan 28 November 2015 9:00 am
Time was when early music was a 6 p.m. concert, Baroque began with Bach and ended with Corelli’s Christmas Concerto,…
Sacred Monsters, Sadler’s Wells: Sylvie Guillem and Akram Kham’s captivating final boogie
Ismene Brown 6 December 2014 9:00 am
I’m dashing between dance theatres at the moment and there’s just so much to tell you about. I could linger…
Michael Tanner’s Glyndebourne experience is ruined by the traffic
Michael Tanner 3 August 2013 9:00 am
What could be more delightful than going to Gyndebourne with someone who has never been before, arriving in time for…