49 stories by "Graham Rogers"
Die Fledermaus was 19th-century 'Waltz King' Johann Strauss' biggest hit operetta, its longevity ensured by bubbliness and an abundance of hummable tunes.
Barrie Kosky's Carmen, returning to the Royal Opera House for the third time, rebels against the opera's traditional 19th century Spanish visuals.
Anyone who finds Handel's more famous operas po-faced and burdened with endless da capo arias will appreciate Agrippina's relative brevity and snappier
W11 Opera is a remarkable company. Founded in 1971, it offers the invaluable opportunity for 80 schoolchildren aged nine-18 to participate in
Australian composer Brett Dean's operatic treatment of Hamlet, with a Bard-bowdlerising libretto by Matthew Jocelyn, premiered in Glyndebourne in June. Now it
With its trippy dream-world setting, Mozart's The Magic Flute is perfect fodder for inventive reimaginings, especially as the racism, masonic mysticism and
English Touring Opera's first foray into the world of Gilbert and Sullivan proves emphatically that it shouldn't be its last. The main
Ellen Kent has been touring opera throughout the UK and Ireland for 25 years, and shows no sign of diminished passion for
Routinely mentioned in the same breath as Rigoletto and La Traviata, Verdi's two other seminal operas from the early 1850s, this grisly
Founded in 1990, Hampstead Garden Opera performs two valuable roles: an opportunity for young singers to participate in staged productions, and to
One of the most successful women in opera management, Annilese Miskimmon has held the high-profile post of Danish National Opera's artistic director
Young Vic, London: English National Opera's first purpose-written children's opera offers London audiences the second chance this year to experience a staging of Oliver Jeffers…
Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London: When is the perfect girlfriend too perfect? When she seems always, uncannily, on your wavelength? When she repeats the same perfect moves i…
Coliseum, London: One of the first so-called verismo operas, there is not usually a 'real-life' feel to La Boheme - something Jonathan Miller's 2009 production attempts to add…
Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: Following previous collaborations with heavy-weight American composer Philip Glass (most recently In the Penal Colony in 2010), smal…
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: Since its 2011 Royal Opera House world premiere, Mark-Anthony Turnage's operatic treatment of the tragic life-story of Texan Playboy model and TV perso…
Glyndebourne, Lewes: Robert Carson's sometimes silly but entertaining take on Handel's musically supreme fantasy opera returns to Glyndebourne for its first revival. Though packed …
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: Donizetti's 1835 romantic opera on Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart (Queen of Scots) is based on a Schiller play which, like Shakespeare histories, has a re…
Grange Park Opera, Alresford: Summer opera festivals, such as Hampshire's Grange Park Opera, often offer more adventurous repertoire than major houses - perhaps because summer audiences…
Glyndebourne: Jonathan Kent's grey-hued but lively 1950s-set production of Mozart's dark comedy on the antics and retribution of the titular womaniser returns for its second Glynde…
Royal Albert Hall: Raymond Gubbay's big arena production of Puccini's tale of romance, laughter and tragedy among penniless artists celebrates its 10th anniversary with a welcome r…
King's Head Theatre, London: Since its founding in 2009, fringe company OperaUpClose has created bold, new, shoestring re-imaginings of opera classics from Puccini to Monteverdi. Until this …
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, London: Based on the cult novel by Iain Banks, The Wasp Factory is a new one-act opera composed and directed by Ben Frost, premiered in August at the Brege…
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London: English Touring Opera's autumn triptych of Venetian Baroque operas begins with The Coronation of Poppea, a version of Monteverdi's …
Arcola Theatre, London: Held at Dalston's Arcola Theatre, a converted warehouse in unglamorous but increasingly trendy north-east London, Grimeborn Festival has far outgrown its origina…
