Review: Mayerling, The Royal Opera House
There are some episodes in history that are morbidly fascinating. The story of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary (1858-1889) and his life of excess, frustr...
The Royal Ballet
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: Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera House
As much as Manon was a leitmotif last year at the Royal Opera House – with a ballet and two operas on the ill-fated beauty – this year it is Eugene Onegin that ...