Semele review at Garsington Opera " 'a triumph' by Edward Bhesania

Garsington's new production of Handel's Semele, directed by Annilese Miskimmon (soon to join Oslo National Opera as Artistic Director), is something of

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:52am on June 2, 2017☆⚑

La Traviata review at Glyndeboune " 'a noteworthy Glyndebourne debut' by Edward Bhesania

Glyndebourne's website points to the “visual beauty’ and “opulent” production of Verdi's tragic profile of the consumptive courtesan Violetta and her selfless

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:52am on May 22, 2017☆⚑

Meet the world's largest arena by Edward Bhesania

When opera was born, in Florence around 1600, no one could have imagined that it might develop from its intimate courtly origins

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 9:00am on May 18, 2017☆⚑

La Voix Humaine review at Royal Albert Hall, London " 'movingly performed' by Edward Bhesania

One of opera's great (and unsettling) monologues, Poulenc's La Voix Humaine is a vocal and dramatic tour de force for soprano. Based

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:26am on March 23, 2017☆⚑

Shahrazad review at Leighton House, London " 'impressive singing' by Edward Bhesania

With its golden-domed, Iznik-tiled Arab Hall, the sumptuous orientalism of Leighton House " former home of the Victorian painter Frederic Leighton "

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:45am on February 14, 2017☆⚑

La Traviata review at Royal Opera House " 'solid, but cautious' by Edward Bhesania

Richard Eyre's production of Verdi's tuneful crowd-pleaser returns for its 14th revival, determined, it seems, to earn its keep. With a cast

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:35am on January 17, 2017☆⚑

Hallelujah: Oratorio Balbulum review at Mupa, Budapest " 'a unique new oratorio' by Edward Bhesania

The title alone " Hallelujah: Oratorio Balbulum (Stuttering Oratorio) – of this one-hour work for orchestra, chorus, two soloists and narrator "

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:41am on November 25, 2016☆⚑

Manon Lescaut review at Royal Opera House, London " 'breathtaking orchestral playing' by Edward Bhesania

Manon Lescaut stands at some remove from Puccini's most popular operas " there are relatively few standout arias, plus something of a

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:56am on November 23, 2016☆⚑

L'Elisir d'Amore , Royal Opera House, London by Edward Bhesania

Royal Opera House, London: There's a sure-footedness about Laurent Pelly's L'Elisir d'Amore, now receiving its third revival at the Royal Opera House. Read the full review

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:37am on November 19, 2014☆⚑

Ottone , Hackney Empire, London by Edward Bhesania

Hackney Empire, London: Ottone is a 1722 opera seria charting the story of the German king Otto (Ottone) who, while en route to Rome to claim both the throne and his Byzantine bride, Teofane…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:19am on October 20, 2014☆⚑

I due Foscari , Royal Opera House, Covent Garden by Edward Bhesania

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: Not many 73-year-olds can routinely endure the rigours of stage performance. Read the full review

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:33am on October 15, 2014☆⚑

Xerxes , Coliseum, London by Edward Bhesania

Coliseum, London: Nicholas Hytner's Oliver award-winning 1985 production of Handel's Xerxes has aged well, if it's aged much at all. David Fielding's designs place the ac…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:19am on September 16, 2014☆⚑

The Blank Canvas , King's Head Theatre, London by Edward Bhesania

King's Head Theatre, London: "Where has it come from, this dazzling geometric jumble?" So asks the artist Lucy, as she involuntarily sees metrical shapes appear in what she knows t…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:27am on September 8, 2014☆⚑

Tete-a-Tete Opera Festival 2014 , Central Saint Martins/Kings Place, London by Edward Bhesania

Central Saint Martins/Kings Place, London: After eight seasons at Hammersmith's Riverside Studios, the experimental opera festival Tete a Tete has relocated to Central Saint Martins and…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:11am on July 25, 2014☆⚑

Norma , Holland Park Theatre, London by Edward Bhesania

Holland Park Theatre, London: In certain sections of Bellini's Norma - a pinnacle of the bel canto repertoire - the music takes on an almost Wagner-esque dramatic intensity, in line wit…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:02am on July 21, 2014☆⚑

Quartett , Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House by Edward Bhesania

Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House: Premiered at La Scala in 2011 and now receiving its UK premiere, Luca Francesconi's Quartett is an adaptation of Heiner Muller's play of …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:59am on June 19, 2014☆⚑

Vert-Vert , Garsington Opera Pavilion, Wormsley Estate, Oxford by Edward Bhesania

Garsington Opera Pavilion, Wormsley Estate, Oxford: Continuing its founder Leonard's Ingrams's questing spirit for neglected corners of the repertoire, Garsington Opera gives the U…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 7:12am on June 16, 2014☆⚑

Eugene Onegin, Glyndebourne, Lewes by Edward Bhesania

Glyndebourne, Lewes: Graham Vick's 1994 production for Glyndebourne, now receiving its third festival revival, takes an objective view of this bald plot of love and rejection. At Larin&…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:15am on May 19, 2014☆⚑

Prince Igor, London Coliseum by Edward Bhesania

London Coliseum: Borodin's nationalistic opera based on the reputedly 12th-century epic poem The Lay of Igor's Campaign is problematic not only in that it lay unfinished at the com…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:38am on April 2, 2014☆⚑

The Killing Flower, Linbury Studio Theatre, London by Edward Bhesania

Linbury Studio Theatre, London: Four hundred years after his death, the Italian nobleman and composer Carlo Gesualdo is renowned as much for the brutal murders of his wife and her lover as f…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 7:01am on October 25, 2013☆⚑

The Rape of Lucretia, Glyndebourne, Lewis by Edward Bhesania

Glyndebourne, Lewis: Glyndebourne's touring arm continues the Britten centenary celebrations with The Rape of Lucretia - the scaled-down successor to Peter Grimes, created at Glyndebour…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:39am on October 21, 2013☆⚑

Billy Budd, Glyndebourne Theatre by Edward Bhesania

Glyndebourne Theatre: Michael Grandage, artistic director of London's Donmar Warehouse for a decade until last year, made his opera-directing debut with Glyndebourne's Billy Budd i…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:58am on August 12, 2013☆⚑

Tete a Tete - The Opera Festival: Gala/And the Crowd (Wept)/The End of Civilisation As We Know It, Riverside Studios, London by Edward Bhesania

Riverside Studios, London: The hothouse opera lab that is Tete a Tete returns to the Riverside Studios with more than 30 new short operas over 17 days. Read the full review

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:30am on August 5, 2013☆⚑

I Gioielli Della Madonna, Holland Park, London by Edward Bhesania

Holland Park, London: Wolf-Ferrari's I Gioielli Della Madonna ('The Jewels of the Madonna') is the latest neglected Italian opera to be revived by Opera Holland Park. Mixing v…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 7:07am on July 24, 2013☆⚑

L'elisir d'amore, Holland Park Theatre, London by Edward Bhesania

Holland Park Theatre, London: Donizetti has been one of the Italian staples of Opera Holland Park, but not since 2005 has his sparkling comedy L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love)…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:11am on July 17, 2013☆⚑