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Monday, 23 December 2013

Roberto Devereux with WNO

08/11/13 Bristol Hippodrome The three Donizetti queens were never intended as a cycle, but the fact that they represent a historical succ...

The Rape of Lucretia at Glyndebourne on Tour

28/11/13 The Rape of Lucretia makes a return to Glyndebourne after a hiatus of 67 years, and for me it wasn't quite the triumphant ...

Sunday, 1 December 2013

Parsifal at ROH (New Langridge Production)

30/11/13 photo copyright ROH/Telegraph Parsifal is a tricky work. No one I know claims to fully understand it, and of Wagner's ...

Satyagraha at ENO

25/11/2013 Of the American minimalists, Glass is the composer with the least native talent perhaps, but he is the one with the most u...

Tuesday, 19 November 2013

The Magic Flute at ENO (new McBurney production)

09/11/13 When I saw Hytner's "classic" production of The Magic Flute last season , I was mystified as to its popularity - ...

Saturday, 9 November 2013

L'enfant prodigue and Francesca di Foix at Guildhall

6/11/13 (second night casts) Debussy was just 21 when he wrote L'enfant prodigue , but already we sense the makings of a very ind...

Saturday, 2 November 2013

Wozzeck at the ROH

31/10/13 Keith Warner's production of Wozzeck reminds me somewhat of his production of The Ring . There are lots of ideas, many of ...

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