Review: Giulio Cesare, Hackney Empire
Unfamiliar as I am to opera, I was moved by the power it has to communicate without (English) words, but through music, voice and expression. Handel's Giulio Ce...
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Review: Partenope, English National Opera
There’s a little something for everyone in the English National Opera’s revival of Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-winning production of Handel’s Partenope. ...
Review: Oreste, Wilton’s Music Hall
It is not every day that an audience member enters the world’s oldest surviving music hall and is confronted with staging adorned with aggressive graffiti. This...
Review: Xerxes, Hackney Empire
Sometimes it’s best to keep things simple. Xerxes, an opera by Handel no less, has enjoyed some notable stagings in the past thirty years or so, not least Nick ...
Review: Ottone, Hackney Empire
A lesser known opera in the Handelian repertoire, Ottone is by no mean the least. With an intriguing plot and dramatic and well-paced music, the opera stands up...
Review: Xerxes, London Coliseum
Since the premiere of Nicholas Hytner’s production in 1985, Xerxes has been enjoying overwhelming critical praise, winning the Oliver award for outstanding new ...