English National Opera’s Symphony of Sorrowful…
Many layers of grief and poignancy surround English National Opera’s new production of Henryk Górecki’s…
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English National Opera’s The Dead City review —…
A crucial argument in English National Opera’s fight for survival is that the company has a distinctive…
‘They told me I had a big bottom’: Paris Opera’s…
Guillaume Diop, the 23-year-old first black ‘etoile’ dancer in the Paris Opera, talks about early discouragement…
Royal Opera’s Turandot revival is a blazing…
In the two decades that Antonio Pappano has spent as music director of London’s Royal Opera House, his most…
Five stars for Bavarian State Opera’s stunning…
Last Sunday marked the 70th anniversary of the deaths of Stalin and Prokofiev. In Munich, Bavarian State…
English Touring Opera’s Il viaggio a Reims is an…
Four months after Arts Council England’s bombshell on funding for the arts, the dust is still settling. The…
Seattle Opera’s A Thousand Splendid Suns —…
A Thousand Splendid Suns, a lovely phrase from a 17th-century Persian poem, is the title of a 2007 novel by…
Review: Long Beach Opera’s endearingly…
In a short program note for “The Romance of the Rose,” given its world premiere by Long Beach Opera over the…
Royal Opera’s new Rusalka is all about the music…
Asmik Grigorian and David Butt Philip in ‘Rusalka’ © Camilla GreenwellBuying a ticket to see Rusalka is a bit like…
Plenty to like about Hong Kong Grand Opera’s…
Company’s first staged opera presentation offered intelligent theatrical entertainment, its blend of farcical…