Review: La Traviata
Between the time Giuseppe Verdi debuted La Traviata in the mid nineteenth century and today, there have been enormous changes to opera audiences — and I’m not j...
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Learning to love opera through historical research
When I first began my internship at The Culture Capital Exchange I didn’t expect to be exploring the history of Terezin concentration camps, or that my intr...
Review: The Lighthouse
The English Touring Opera’s autumn 2012 season includes The Lighthouse, a story based on real events in the Orkney port of Stromness. A supply ship pulled in ...
Review: The Wolves Descend
My high hopes rapidly descended for this opera. The Wolves Descend is advertised to promise something gothic and sinister, but instead it spirals into farce. ...
Spotlight On: Opera Holland Park
Charlotte Whitehead speaks to Opera Holland Park’s producer James Clutton and one of its rising stars - Niall Windass, who is only 13 years old - about the inspired opera event supported by the local council.
Review: Patience
Gilbert and Sullivan had a particular knack for choosing pertinent subjects, and exposing their absurdities with wit and style that could be interpreted as eith...