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Review: Don Giovanni, Royal Opera House
Mozart’s Don Giovanni first premiered in Prague in 1787. With libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, it tells the story of the walking STI that is Don Giovanni (Erwin S...
Opera
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3.0
Review: Werther, Royal Opera House
It’s important to me that I preface this review with the disclaimer that my knowledge of opera is limited. Really, really limited. This is the second opera tha...
3.0
Review: Vivaldi Meets Werther: Four Seasons, Bridewell Theatre
Vivaldi Meets Werther is a traditional retelling of Goethe’s famous story The Sorrows of Young Werther, woven through the four seasons. It exquisitely recreate...
4.0
Review: ‘8’ A Steampunk Opera, The Other Palace
‘8’ A Steampunk Opera, is a dark new musical with gloriously powerful voices, slow sliding melodies and an obscure plot line. This show blurs the line between ...
2.0
Review: War and Peace, Royal Opera House
Staging a three-and-a-half hour operatic dramatisation of War and Peace is an ambitious undertaking. Adapting Sergei Prokofiev’s immense opera for the English ...
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Review: Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and Other Love Songs), Lyric Hammersmith
John Gay’s bawdy opera/proto-musical was a revelation and a shock when it first hit London in 1728. Part of this revelation was no doubt its unalloyed scabrous...