427 stories by "George Hall"
A decade ago, Sasha Regan started to dust off the national institution of Gilbert and Sullivan operas and gave them a new
When new in 2014, Richard Jones' production was deemed radical. It certainly departs from the traditional mid-18th-century setting of Strauss's romantic comedy,
When his first opera Into the Little Hill was premiered in Paris in 2006, George Benjamin was already 46. His chamber-scale piece
The poems on which Janacek based his song-cycle The Diary of One Who Vanished were published in a Czech newspaper in 1916.
Following its unveiling at this address in 2016, Philip Venables' setting of Sarah Kane's final play 4.48 Psychosis garnered major awards from
Mark-Anthony Turnage's new opera Coraline represents a departure for its 57-year-old composer. Its source is a multi-award-winning children's novella by Neil Gaiman,
As with several other unappealing Royal Opera productions, Phyllida Lloyd's 2002 staging survives because at each revival the company can slot in
According to Operabase.com the most frequently performed opera in the world is currently Verdi's La Traviata. For this reason, every opera company
Under Graham Vick's quasi-evangelical direction, Birmingham Opera Company's mission to reconfigure the art form continues with Wake, a new work in which
Posthumously premiered in 1930 and based on Dostoyevsky's semi-autobiographical novella about his experiences as a political prisoner in 19th-century Russia, Janacek's final
English Touring Opera opens its enormous spring tour " more than 20 venues " with Mozart's perennially popular comedy in a traditional
There's an obvious irony in English National Opera opening A Midsummer Night's Dream while snow covers the streets around St Martin's Lane,
How do you stage a radio play? In the case of this presentation by the contemporary/experimental music and performance group An assembly,
Since its premiere in San Francisco in 2000, Jake Heggie's first opera has received a slew of productions in the United States
When Jonathan Dove's first full-scale stage work was premiered by Glyndebourne Touring Opera back in 1998, it would have been impossible to
26 years old this year, Michael Blakemore's staging of Puccini's thriller is showing its age. It's not so much that Ashley Martin-Davis'
It's ironic that just when it is announced that the contract of Welsh National Opera's artistic director will not be renewed, David
He's worked with James Corden, Spider-Man and Paddington, now Cal McCrystal is directing Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe for the ENO and he's
From the world's most in-demand opera director, the Royal Opera's new Carmen ditches sultry stereotypes in favour of music hall spectacle. He
The most successful staging of a contemporary work English National Opera has ever presented, Phelim McDermott's production of Philip Glass' opera about
Another opening night, another sad memorial. The first performance of this revival of Jonathan Kent's Tosca, first seen in 2006, was dedicated
Two years ago the Royal Opera and the Roundhouse collaborated on a production of Monteverdi's Orfeo that set out to win new
At 10 years old this year, David McVicar's staging " and where would the Royal Opera be without him? " has worn
The first night of this revival of David McVicar's staging of Rigoletto was dedicated to the memory of Dmitri Hvorostovsky, who was
When Sebastian F Schwarz was announced as the successor to David Pickard as Glyndebourne‘s general director in November 2015, all looked set
