Monday, May 15, 2023
The theatre and opera director on how her working-class Welsh background informs her work, the strangeness of Il trovatore, and her eclectic running playlist
Born and raised in Port Talbot, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMSaturday, August 20, 2022
Usher Hall; Queen’s Hall; Greenside @ Nicholson Square EdinburghThe striptease is all Strauss’s in the Bergen Philharmonic’s expertly revealing Salome. Plus, the new-ish Takács Quarte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AMMonday, March 30, 2020
The best new writers, the indispensable books, the go-to websites… our arts writers reveal their sources of insight Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AMTuesday, April 16, 2019
It mesmerised Proust, terrified Homer Simpson and gave us the Hunchback – Guardian critics celebrate Paris’s gothic masterpiece at the heart of the modern imagination
As Notre Dame Cathe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:13AMFriday, July 14, 2017
Heywood Civic Centre, Rochdale; Grange festival, Hampshire; Royal Opera House, LondonAn audience of under-twos is captivated by Scottish Opera’s latest new work – and so, for many reason…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMSunday, June 18, 2017
The young Norwegian soprano on her Glyndebourne debut, her musical heroes, and how the voice has a way of finding its own levelNorwegian soprano Lise Davidsen, 30, shot to fame two years ago…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMSunday, January 17, 2016
Ahead of the UK premiere of the Australian company’s radical reworking of Monteverdi, director Yaron Lifschitz talks about the thrills, spills and storytelling power of circusOnce it was e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:39AMSunday, August 30, 2015
Festival theatre, EdinburghThe Magic Flute as a silent film works like a manic dream in Barrie Kosky and theatre company 1927’s visually stunning productionThe Magic Flute has always stood…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:04AMSunday, July 19, 2015
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse; Opera Holland Park, LondonBeethoven, Janácek and private passions are played out to perfection in Laura Wade’s Kreutzer vs Kreutzer. And against the odds, Lakmé …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMSaturday, August 16, 2014
Usher Hall, Greyfriars Kirk, Queen's HallIn a stellar opening week, an onslaught of music about war affected audiences and performers alike Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:09PMSaturday, February 22, 2014
Barbican theatre; Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, LondonA string quartet and a circus group take Shostakovich to astonishing new heightsPhotographs of Dmitri Shostakovich invariably show …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMFriday, December 27, 2013
Vienna at New Year isn't the only place to enjoy a stately 1-2-3, writes Fiona MaddocksFiona Maddocks
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30AMSaturday, November 9, 2013
Coliseum, LondonWizardry and darkness fight it out in Simon McBurney's captivating new ENO production of The Magic FlutePicture a sooty apocalypse in an almost featureless universe. A distra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMSaturday, November 12, 2011
From Guildhall's Merry Wives to the fledglings under the baton of Sir Neville Marriner, it's been a great week for new talentShiny cafetieres, a pink Aga and matching toaster, Shaker cupboar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMSaturday, October 8, 2011
Coliseum, London; City Halls, Glasgow; Usher Hall, Edinburgh; Liverpool Cathedral; Royal Festival Hall, LondonThe maze, symbol of secrets and games of mankind's own making, triggered the ins…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMSaturday, March 26, 2011
Young Vic; Barbican; Royal Academy of Music, all LondonBare all, share all. This is the message in the House of Ulysses, as revealed in the latest collaborative fusion between English Nation…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04PMSaturday, February 5, 2011
Coliseum, London; Symphony Hall, Birmingham; Concert Hall, ReadingEven Patience on her monument, faced with another operatic job-swap mismatch, must eventually yield to human nature and yell…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMSaturday, December 18, 2010
Observer classical music critic Fiona Maddocks picks the releases that deserved far greater attention in the past yearClassical CDsElgar The Kingdom. Hallé Orchestra and Choir, soloists, Si…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM 
