Review: Orpheus in the Underworld
There surely aren’t many celebrity librettists, but comedian, impressionist and recent Strictly Come Dancing contestant Rory Bremner seems to be something o...
Opera
The Wicked Stage: Are operas better than musicals?
Last month I read The Guardian's supplement on 'How To Enjoy Opera' containing a rather typical debate about which is best: musicals or opera. In one corner ...
Response: Opera for a younger generation
When I first heard about A Younger Theatre I was truly inspired by how the website was run. I spent three days getting up to speed with all the blogs and rea...
Review/Response: The Passenger, ENO
“This SS warden is also a woman. Does she also have humanity?” - Marta, The Passenger Early into The Passenger, the Polish captive Marta asks this of her s...
A Younger Theatre and English National Opera present A Night at the Opera
A Younger Theatre are teaming up with the English National Opera to offer an exclusive night at the opera for nine theatre enthusiasts who have never seen a...
Review: The Turn of the Screw
Musical artistry meets ambition in this excellent staging of Benjamin Britten's chamber opera. OperaUpClose embraces the intimate confines of the King's ...