Review: Rodelinda, London Coliseum
The motif of the tattoo defines Richard Jones’ production of the three act tragedy, Rodelinda. Italicised names - symbols of romantic devotion - are scrawled ...
Opera
Review: How The Whale Became (and Other Tales), Royal Opera House
One might wonder whether creating an opera for very young children is a good idea. It can be hard to follow at the best of times, even with surtitles, and k...
Review: Satyagraha, English National Opera
This autumn, the English National Opera (ENO) revives its hugely successful Satyagraha, a contemporary opera by Philip Glass which broke box office records ba...
Review: The Magic Flute, English National Opera
The English National Opera (ENO) has once again created something unexpectedly modern and beautifully raw with Mozart’s The Magic Flute, but how on earth does...
Review: Madam Butterfly, London Coliseum
Puccini's Madam Butterfly is one of the world's most celebrated operatic achievements. First performed over a century ago in 1904 at the Teatro alla Scala in ...
Review: Fidelio
Beethoven's only opera, first performed in 1805 at the Theater an der Wiem in Vienna, Fidelio has certainly stood the test of time. In this, Calixto Bieito's ...