Theatre Royal, BrightonAnger seethes beneath the Belfast Ensemble's waltzes in Conor Mitchell's scathing denunciation of homophobia and hate speech Conor Mitchell's Abomination: A DUP Opera,…
Royal Festival Hall, LondonVladimir Ashkenazy conducts Prokofiev and Glière as if he was born to do it, eliciting a terrific response from the orchestra Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, the…
Barbican, LondonWilliam Christie's Rameau tribute was musically exquisite, but the pastoral rusticity verged on the saccharine and the choreography was too eclectic Continue reading...
Arcola theatre, LondonTim Benjamin has transported Don Giovanni's Masetto and Zerlina to London for this postmodern take on artistic corruption Continue reading...
Wigmore Hall, LondonLa Nuova Musica deliver a knock-out performance of Francesco Conti's Greek tragedy " its first in modern timesFrancesco Conti's L'Issipile drew a blank with audiences at …
Pochon/Deshayes/Brahim-Djelloul/Bou/Les Nouveaux Caractères/d'Hérin(Glossa)The definitive version of Rameau's Les Surprises de l'Amour was first performed in Paris in 1758, though the work…
Coliseum, LondonOpera productions are changeable things. Some decline in quality after their opening run, others don't cohere until revival time. Jonathan Miller's English National Opera sta…
People have been walking out of the RSC's risqué new production of Marat/Sade. Are critics ever tempted to follow them? Guardian reviewers reveal the times they just couldn't take any moreA…
Wigmore Hall, LondonChristopher Maltman opened the new Wigmore season with a powerhouse recital of Schiller settings by Schubert, Schuman and Liszt. The task he and pianist Graham Johnson se…
Barbican, LondonWritten for John Malkovich, two sopranos, a baroque orchestra, and its conductor, Michael Sturminger's The Infernal Comedy is a disquieting music theatre piece about Jack Unt…
Grand, LeedsDaniel Kramer's production of Carmen aims at redefining Bizet's opera in terms of radical music theatre. Given that the piece was considered groundbreaking in its depiction of se…
King's Head, LondonWhen it comes to Gilbert and Sullivan, less can sometimes be more. The Charles Court Opera are performing HMS Pinafore on the smallest of scales at the King's Head. Direct…