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Review: Opera Helps by Joshua Sofaer
21 August 2020
Reviews • Opera

Review: Opera Helps by Joshua Sofaer

By Rosemary Waugh

Friendly overtures: Rosemary Waugh writes on her confidence-boosting one-to-one therapy session from an opera singer.


Review: 4.48 Psychosis at the Lyric Hammersmith
27 April 2018
Reviews • Opera • Reviews

Review: 4.48 Psychosis at the Lyric Hammersmith

April 23 - May 4
By Sally Hales

A beautiful, polyphonic cacophany: Philip Venables’ contemporary opera is an astonishing adaptation of Sarah Kane’s play.


Review: The Marriage of Figaro at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
18 April 2018
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Review: The Marriage of Figaro at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

April 17 - April 21
By Chris McCormack

Losing steam: Irish National Opera’s first production runs out of ideas and invention.


Review: Hansel and Gretel at the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood
11 October 2017
Reviews • Opera • Reviews

Review: Hansel and Gretel at the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood

September 21 - November 19
By Hailey Bachrach

“Nailed it”: Hayley Bachrach overcomes her fear of the form at Pop-Up Opera’s accessible production of Englebert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel.


Review: Kát’a Kabanová at Opera Holland Park
18 July 2017
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Review: Kát’a Kabanová at Opera Holland Park

July 15 - July 28
By Daniel Perks

“Poetically conceived and beautifully realised”: Daniel Perks admires the beauty and brevity of LeoÅ¡ Janáček classic opera in Olivia Fuchs’ staging for Opera Holland Park.


Review: The Exterminating Angel at the Royal Opera House
5 May 2017
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Review: The Exterminating Angel at the Royal Opera House

April 24 - May 8
By Maddy Costa

An experience of great satisfaction: Maddy Costa reviews Thomas Adès opera adaptation of Luis Buñuel’s 1962 surrealist film.


Review: Tristan and Isolde at the Coliseum
13 June 2016
Reviews • Opera

Review: Tristan and Isolde at the Coliseum

London Coliseum ⋄ 15th June - 9th July 2016
By Andrew Haydon

“A cartoon samurai from the 80s, inexplicably crossed with a teletubby”: Andrew Haydon reviews the ENO’s staging of Wagner that is somewhat marred by costume and set design choices.


Review: The Importance of Being Earnest at the Barbican
4 April 2016
Reviews • Opera

Review: The Importance of Being Earnest at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 29th March - 3rd April 2016
By Maddy Costa

“There is a violence at the heart of this opera,” Maddy Costa reviews The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Ramin Gray.


Review: Akhnaten at ENO
8 March 2016
Reviews • Opera • Reviews

Review: Akhnaten at ENO

London Coliseum ⋄ 8th - 18th March 2016
By Amelia Forsbrook

Amelia Forsbrook discovers a religious revolutionary with a choir boy’s sweetness.


Review: Norma at the London Coliseum
22 February 2016
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Review: Norma at the London Coliseum

London Coliseum ⋄ 24th February - 11th March 2016
By Amelia Forsbrook

Sapphic skirt pawing and neat duets make the women the stars of this ENO performance.


Review: Found and Lost at Corinthia Hotel
3 February 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • Opera • Reviews

Review: Found and Lost at Corinthia Hotel

25th January - 3rd February
By Tim Bano

“Is this some kind of cult?” Tim Bano encounters an intriguing promenade opera by Emily Hall, set in the corridors of London’s Corinthia Hotel.


The Pirates of Penzance
12 May 2015
Reviews • Opera

The Pirates of Penzance

London Coliseum ⋄ 9th May - 4th July 2015
By Tim Bano

A review in verse.


Between Worlds
15 April 2015
Reviews • Opera

Between Worlds

Barbican Theatre ⋄
By Tom Wicker

An excess of tragic irony.


WNO Spring 2015
12 April 2015
Reviews • Opera

WNO Spring 2015

Bristol Hippodrome ⋄ 8th - 11th April 2015
By Rosemary Waugh

The brothers Grimm in bowler hats.


The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
24 February 2015
Reviews • Opera

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg

London Coliseum ⋄ 7th February - 10th March 2015
By Maddy Costa

To be cradled at the heart of life’s contradictions.


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