Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann is the most enduring ‘serious’ opera from a composer better known for his operettas and this…
Describing what has happened to the performing arts as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic is difficult and upsetting. In…
As most theatre lovers will know, Take Two Theatricals in conjunction with Carter Dixon Productions and stream.theatre began streaming a…
Jan Philipp Gloger’s production from 2019 starts not at the beginning of the show but rather at the end with…
Verdi wrote Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) – with libretto largely written by Salvadore Cammarano – hot on the heels of…
The most recent acoustic concert in the Tonight at the London Coliseum series features the star of Beautiful: the Carole…
Romeo & Juliet is a favourite for school examiners, and we see it re-appearing onto the curriculum at regular intervals. …
A staple of the operatic repertoire around the world, this was my third Madama Butterfly this year although in contrast…
From the moment I saw Carrie Hope Fletcher, I was mesmerised. A petite girl-next-door with a big voice, she blew…
Monty Python used to say, and now for something completely different, and ne’er was a truer word said than with…