Classical and Opera Features
by Melanie Eskenazi
In the beautiful surroundings of Ely House, now the Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, just around the corner from the Royal Academy in London, the team from…
by Barry Creasy
It would not be at all surprising to see a Tricolore flying over the Royal Albert Hall this summer, and for the usual rendition of...
by Sam Smith
Judged by the standard of its recent seasons, West Green House Opera is surely a contender for the title of most underrated summer opera venue...
by Sam Smith
While part of the delight of Glyndebourne, Garsington and the various Granges is making a day of it, Opera Holland Park’s unique selling point is...
by Melanie Eskenazi
Garsington’s 2018 season is perhaps the most enticing of all the Summer opera offerings: there are four new productions including a world premiere, and the...
by Sam Smith
Longborough Festival Opera occupies a special place in the summer opera calendar. Nestled in the Gloucestershire Countryside, with glorious views over the Cotswolds, it is...
by Barry Creasy
Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Stimmung, very much a child of post-serialist experimentalism, has, since its first performance in 1968, achieved somewhat of a cult status, not least...
by Melanie Eskenazi
This major exhibition, opening on September 30th, is the first to explore Opera on a grand scale – and what a scale it is, with...
by Melanie Eskenazi
Garsington Opera will present Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande on June 16th, with six further performances. The Philharmonia Orchestra will be conducted by Jac van Steen;...
by Barry Creasy
The Barbican’s multi-arts 2017-18 season is entitled ‘The Art of Change’. It is a response to last year’s Brexit vote, and the UK’s seeming shift...
by Sam Smith
Situated near Winchfield, West Green House Opera is a wonderful enigma. Small by the standards of many summer opera venues, there is actually much to...
by Sam Smith
Glyndebourne, Garsington and the various Granges are hardly major treks from the capital, but in terms of accessible summer opera for the average Londoner nothing...
by Melanie Eskenazi
Oliver Mears’ first season and Antonio Pappano’s sixteenth at the Royal Opera House looks like a safe mixture of the new and not so new,...
by Melanie Eskenazi
Booking opens today for the extended 2017 season at Garsington Opera at Wormsley, and if you haven’t yet experienced this idyllic place and its always-...
by Sam Smith
Longborough Festival Opera occupies a special place in the summer opera calendar. Nestled in the Gloucestershire Countryside, with glorious views over the Cotswolds, it is...
by Melanie Eskenazi
Public booking opens on Sunday for the 2017 Festival, with three new offerings this year, plus three revivals of past successes. The major draws are...
by Melanie Eskenazi
The 2016 Glyndebourne Tour starts in just two weeks’ time, beginning with a new production of Madama Butterfly at Glyndebourne itself on October 14th. The...
by Sam Smith
Every year when the Proms schedule is released in April there seem to be cries of excitement and expressions of disappointment in almost equal measure....
by Melanie Eskenazi
The Australian mezzo-soprano Caitlin Hulcup has been making quite a name for herself in some of the most prestigious opera houses around the world, and...
by Sam Smith
Although West Green House Opera is now in its seventeenth season, it still feels like a new discovery. No matter how often one visits, it...
by Sam Smith
With Martin and Lizzie Graham’s 500-seater opera house standing in the Gloucestershire Countryside, Longborough Festival Opera is well known for providing high quality productions in...
