Friday, January 11, 2013
Graham Rogers catches up with Sir John Tomlinson and discusses his many performances in Wagner’s Ring Cycle, career longevity and his role as The Minotaur
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMMonday, December 3, 2012
The Coliseum, London: Jonathan Miller's resolutely non-Japanese flapper-era production of The Mikado is now 25 years old, but feels as fresh and sparkling as ever - and the current Engl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:28AMFriday, November 16, 2012
Charing Cross, London: Nearly three years after its humble beginnings in the Cock Tavern, Kilburn, low-budget company OperaUpClose's pared-down production of La Boheme has graduated - v…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:25AMFriday, October 12, 2012
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, London: Boxing Day, 1900. A supply ship from Stromness arrives at a remote Outer Hebrides lighthouse to find it deserted - all three keepers vanished, but …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMWednesday, October 10, 2012
King's Head Theatre Pub, London: Three years after its Olivier award-winning production of La boheme, shoestring company OperaUpClose returns to Puccini for a make-over of Tosca. Director Ad…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMMonday, October 8, 2012
Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London: A Czech of Jewish descent born in 1898, Victor Ullmann was already an established composer when he was imprisoned in the Nazi 'show ca…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:53AMLinbury Studio, Royal Opera House, London: Albert Herring was reportedly dismissed at its 1947 Glyndebourne premiere as "not our kind of thing" - possibly because the sharp observa…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:09AMMonday, August 6, 2012
Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany: At a time when directors' concepts rule at Bayreuth, Stefan Herheim's 2008 production of Parsifal has more substance and integrity than the four o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMFestspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany: New in 2011, Sebastian Baumgarten's Tannhauser is the third of the five 2012 Bayreuth Festival productions to superimpose the concept of its protagonis…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AMFriday, August 3, 2012
Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany: Lohengrin is probably Wagner's most accessible music drama, at least in terms of its romantic-adventure plot of good - a gallant nameless knight and a …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AMThursday, August 2, 2012
Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany: Despite its glorious acoustic, the oppressive atmosphere inside the Bayreuth Festpielhaus auditorium is not for the fainthearted. Everything about the uniqu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AMWednesday, August 1, 2012
Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany: Like the maverick egotist yet undeniable genius composer Richard Wagner himself, his Bayreuth Festival is no stranger to controversy. The big event for 2012…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMWednesday, June 6, 2012
Garsington Opera, Wormsley: There is no more appropriate opera for an Olympic year than Vivaldi's L'Olimpiade, set in ancient Olympia itself against the backdrop of the Games. Fort…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMJune 1-July 1: An ancient Greek tale of filial slaughter to appease the gods may not seem like suitable entertainment for genial summer opera - especially in the near-idyllic countryside set…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMThursday, May 24, 2012
Glyndebourne Festival 2012: Peter Hall's 2005 production of La Cenerentola for Glyndebourne, now revived by Lynne Hockney, steers Rossini's naturalistic take on the Cinderella stor…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:59AMMonday, May 21, 2012
Hackney Empire, London: Cape Town-based Isango Ensemble returns to London for a three-week season at the Hackney Empire.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:17AMWednesday, May 9, 2012
English National Opera, London: The late Anthony Minghella's visually stunning Madam Butterfly, his only opera production, remains fresh in this fourth English National Opera revival. I…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMFriday, April 20, 2012
Royal Opera House, London: Laurent Pelly's sparkling production of Donizetti's frothy but heartwarming comedy returns to the Royal Opera House for a second revival, cementing its r…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:31AMFriday, March 9, 2012
Hackney Empire, London: Rossini's effervescent masterpiece The Barber of Seville is usually an enjoyable experience - but this new English Touring Opera production, with David Parry…
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