Reverent irreverence.
Opera
5 September 2012
Reviews • Opera • Performance
Grimeborn Triple Bill
Arcola Theatre ⋄ 1st September 2012
By Carmel Doohan
Sexually explicit content.
4 September 2012
Reviews • Opera • Performance
The Sound of a Voice
Arcola Theatre ⋄ 25th August 2012
By Zakia Uddin
Philip Glass at Grimeborn.
30 June 2012
Reviews • Opera
Dr Dee
London Coliseum ⋄ 25, 26, 28, 29 June, 4, 6, 7 July 2012
By Sam Smith
The dark arts.
19 June 2012
Reviews • Opera
Billy Budd
London Coliseum ⋄ 18, 23, 27, 30 June, 3, 5, 8, July 2012
By Natasha Tripney
Man-o’-war.
28 May 2012
Reviews • Opera
Caligula
London Coliseum ⋄ 25, 29, 31 May, 7, 9, 14 June 2012
By Sam Smith
Gods and monsters.
10 May 2012
Reviews • Opera
Madam Butterfly
London Coliseum ⋄ 8, 10, 13, 17, 19, 24, 26, 28, 30 May, 2 June 2012
By Sam Smith
Staging the cinematic.
30 April 2012
Reviews • Opera
The Flying Dutchman
London Coliseum ⋄ 28th April - 23rd May 2012
By Sarah Perry
A contemporary staging of Wagner.
18 April 2012
Reviews • Opera
Don Giovanni
Heaven ⋄ 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 April 2012
By Sam Smith
Mozart goes clubbing.
28 February 2012
Reviews • Opera
The Death of Klinghoffer
London Coliseum ⋄ 25, 28 February, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 March 2012
By Sam Smith
John Adams’ controversial opera.
14 February 2012
Reviews • Opera
La Boheme
Old Vic Tunnels ⋄ 9th - 26th February 2012
By Diana Damian Martin
Rebooting Romanticism for the digital age.
2 December 2011
Reviews • Opera
Orpheus in the Underworld
Young Vic ⋄ 1st-3rd, 6th-10th December 2011
By Tom Wicker
Rory Bremner’s Offenbach update.
20 November 2011
Reviews • Glasgow • Opera
Pass the Spoon
Tramway ⋄ 17th - 19th November 2011
By Markee Rambo-Hood
David Shrigley’s sort-of opera
9 October 2011
Reviews • Opera
The Mikado
Rosemary Branch Theatre ⋄ 5th, 7th, 8th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd October 2011
By Julia Rank
Travails in Titipu.
6 October 2011
Reviews • Opera
The Marriage of Figaro
London Coliseum ⋄ 5, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 29 October, 3, 5, 10 November 2011
By Sam Smith
Fiona Shaw directs a classic.