Glyndebourne Up Close: In Conversation with Samantha Hankey
As Glyndebourne’s sun-scorched lawns brace for a new production of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos,…
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If Opera 30th Anniversary Festival
Attending If Opera is always a highlight of my summer and, celebrating their 30th anniversary…
Glyndebourne Festival 2026
Glyndebourne opened its 2026 Festival on 21st May into what turned out to be the…
Sumi Jo: 40th Anniversary Concert
‘Sumi Jo & Malcolm Martineau: Mad for Love – 40th Anniversary Celebration’ at Cadogan Hall…
The Grange Festival 2026
The arrival of spring means one thing – making plans for the summer, which in…
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogany
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is the lesser known Weill and…
Così Fan Tutte at the ENO
The irony of staging Così fan tutte over Valentine’s weekend is inspired. Mozart’s comedy of…
HMS Pinafore at the ENO
“Let’s leave subtlety at the door, shall we say…” Just days before coming to the…
Festive Highlights at the Royal Albert Hall
What’s your Christmas music preference: classic carols, or festive funky beats? Well, this holiday season…
Handel’s Partenope at the ENO
When the curtain rises on English National Opera’s award-winning Partenope you find yourself not in…
Carmen at the ENO
This is the fourth revival by English National Opera of Calixto Bieito’s production of Carmen,…
Albert Herring at the ENO
At the end of the second scene of Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring, Albert, stuck working…