by Keith McDonnell
Despite enjoying a glittering conducting career across the Atlantic, Australian-born maestro Antony Walker is only now making his London debut with a revival of David…
by Jenny Beeston
We caught up with the exciting Latvian conductor, Andris Nelsons on the eve of his eagerly-anticipated Royal Opera debut.He discusses working on La Bohme with...
by Keith McDonnell
The title role in Verdis penultimate opera Otello is hard to cast these days, so when the scheduled tenor Torsten Kerl fell ill, there cant...
by John-Pierre Joyce
Daniel Kramer loves to keep people guessing. Wriggling in his seat, he is itching to spill the beans about his latest production – Bartok’s Duke...
by Melanie Eskenazi
‘An Oratorio is either an Act of RELIGION or it is not. If it is, I ask if the Playhouse is a fit Temple to...
by admin
Before meeting Christopher Maltman I make a mental note: don’t mention the biceps.True, ‘best body in the business’ is an accolade to which many would...
by Stephen Crowe
There is no question that Gyrgy Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre is one of the weirdest and most extreme operas of the 20th or of any...
by admin
Sir Mark Elder’s professional debut was auspicious for a good many reasons.In the summer of 1968 he was still an undergraduate student at Cambridge, but...
by Simon Thomas
During the Summer, while rehearsing Un ballo in maschera for Opera Holland Park, Amanda Echalaz received a phone call from the Royal Opera House. The...
by admin
Too much, too soon is the greatest pitfall for the up-and-coming opera star, and it’s one that tenor Michael Fabiano is keen to avoid.Though this...
by Simon Thomas
Think of German singers and it’s heldentenors and the repertoire of their native country which comes immediately to mind. Apart from the great Fritz Wunderlich,...
by Simon Thomas
The Don as a wealthy club owner with an insatiable sexual appetite and the women’s roles taken by young men?What Matthew Bourne did for Swan...
by Simon Thomas
Tête à Tête, who this month will present some 30 plus works in its third annual Opera Festival, is the sort of set-up that invites...
by Simon Thomas
Chatting with American baritone Thomas Hampson, which I do in a rehearsal break for his first Covent Garden Traviata, is a stimulating experience. It certainly...
by admin
Morning rehearsals for Un ballo in maschera have just finished: Ramn Vargas saunters past in a bloodied penguin suit, costume lackeys fuss over a rack...
by Melanie Eskenazi
On Thursday June 18th, The Royal Opera begins its “Italian Season” in fabulous style.La Traviata is cast from an opera-lover’s dream Rene Fleming, Joseph Calleja...
