Madam Butterfly
This Raymond Gubbay in-the-round production of one of Giacomo Puccini’s best loved operas was first…
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The Majestic Morricone
NICK HAMMOND is swept up by a sea-swell of romance at an evening in the…
The Way Back Home
My smugness disappeared rapidly as the box office chap tapped away fruitlessly at his computer.…
Glyndebourne 2015 Preview
Glyndebourne are one of the rare opera companies who manage to produce a consistently high…
White Christmas
Christmas simply wouldn’t be Christmas without hearing the immortal song lyrics: “I’m dreaming of a…
Sunny Afternoon
Sunny Afternoon takes you right back to the swinging 60s (even if it was before…
Memphis
Memphis, a musical by Bon Jovi’s keyboard player, David Bryan and American playwright, Joe Dipietro…
The Tallis Scholars
Profound in a way perhaps no other music can be, artistic director and conductor Peter…
The Golden Girl of the West
La fanciulla del West is not one of Puccini’s most popular or well-known operas, although…
The ENO’s Otello
Adapting Shakespeare into different media is an artistic strategy that is nearly as old as…
Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House
For the first time since its world premier in Covent Garden in 2011, Mark-Anthony Turnage‘s…