Wednesday, May 10, 2023
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 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMFriday, March 23, 2018
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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:29AMWednesday, November 19, 2014
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...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:52AMTuesday, August 26, 2014
Arcola theatre, LondonTim Benjamin has transported Don Giovanni's Masetto and Zerlina to London for this postmodern take on artistic corruption Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMThursday, January 23, 2014
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 a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:16AMWednesday, January 8, 2014
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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:58AMTuesday, April 30, 2013
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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:40PMTuesday, September 13, 2011
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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07AMFriday, June 17, 2011
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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10PMTuesday, January 18, 2011
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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PMWednesday, November 24, 2010
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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:31PM 
