Blog: Women in Opera – Is it all skimpy nighties or what?
I recently dreamt that I was being interviewed about my work as a composer of contemporary opera. Nothing unusual, only that this time I was asked a single ques...
Opera
Review: La Traviata, Royal Opera House
Based on Alexandre Dumas fils’ 19th Century novel La Dame aux caméllias, Verdi’s beloved opera has returned to the Royal Opera House once again. Richard Eyre’s ...
Review: The Exterminating Angel, Royal Opera House
Live sheep are being paraded around the stage. I would be surprised, but considering this opera’s surrealist inspirations, one should come expecting the unexpec...
Review: The Swarm, Vault Festival
My heart is bursting with the wordless song that filled a dark and cavernous brick vault, with such warmth and such friendship that I conclude must be unique to...
Feature: A hive takes operatic flight in The Swarm
A new queen is born, a challenge issued, and the old queen must flee, taking half her court with her as the courtiers embark on a journey to find a new home. ...
Blog: Opera singers can’t act. Fact or fallacy?
As he takes on a run of Chekhov shorts - performed by opera singers-turned-actors - Artistic Director of Euphonia Studio, Alisdair Kitchen, muses on why acting ...