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...
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Review: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Royal Opera House
Kasper Holten’s latest production for the Royal Opera House – and his last as Director of Opera – is also, arguably, one of his best. Die Meistersinger von Nürn...
Review: Il trovatore, Royal Opera House
Lurking sheets of ashes cover the stage, drifting by its disturbers. The warn down branches of isolated trees have been stripped and burnt. We are here to be...
Review: Les Contes D’Hoffmann, The Royal Opera House
John Schlesinger’s production of Les Contes D’Hoffmann has achieved 173 performances at the Royal Opera House alone, even before counting this final revival by ...
Review: Anastasia, Royal Opera House
The story of Anastasia and her presumed flight from the slaughtering of the Tsar family is a modern fairy-tale that has stayed with me since childhood. I grew u...
Review: Boris Godunov, The Royal Opera House
Richard Jones’ new production of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov opens with the stylistic murder of young Dmitry, the only obstacle between Godunov and the titular c...