Fiona Shaw directs a classic.
Opera
22 September 2011
Reviews • Opera
Street Scene
Young Vic ⋄ 15th September - 1 October 2011
By Julia Rank
Lower East Side Story.
29 August 2011
Reviews • Edinburgh • Opera
Semiramide
Festival Theatre ⋄ 25th-27th August 2011
By Christine Twite
Woman on the verge.
23 August 2011
Reviews • Edinburgh • Opera
The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan
19th - 21st August 2011
By Daniel B. Yates
Field of the cloth of gold.
12 July 2011
Reviews • Manchester • Opera
Dr Dee
Palace Theatre ⋄ 1st - 9th July 2011
By Honour Bayes
Damon Albarn’s English occult opera.
10 July 2011
Reviews • Opera
The Turn of The Screw
King's Head Theatre ⋄ 3rd July – 20th August 2011
By Julia Rank
Ghost stories.
28 June 2011
Reviews • Opera
The Secret Consul
Limehouse Town Hall ⋄ 22nd June - 16th July 2011
By Christine Twite
Site-specific ‘guerrilla’ opera in Limehouse.
27 June 2011
Reviews • Opera
Two Boys
London Coliseum ⋄ 24, 27, 29 June & 1, 4, 6, 8 July 2011
By A. E. Dobson
Opera of the digital age.
11 June 2011
Reviews • Opera
Tosca
Royal Opera House ⋄ 7th June - 17th July 2011
By Christine Twite
Transcending melodrama.
10 June 2011
Reviews • Opera
Simon Boccanegra
London Coliseum ⋄ 8th June - 9th July 2011
By A. E. Dobson
Dmitri Tcherniakov directs Verdi’s opera.
26 May 2011
Reviews • Opera
Macbeth
Royal Opera House ⋄ 24, 27, 30 May, 3, 6, 10, 13, 15, 18 June 2011
By Sam Smith
Simon Keenlyside stars in Verdi’s opera.
28 March 2011
Reviews • London Theatre • Opera
Aida
11th March- 15th April, 2011
By Julia Rank
The ROH tease out the raw sexuality in Verdi’s masterpiece.
28 March 2011
Reviews • London Theatre • Opera
The Return of Ulysses
24th March - 9th April, 2011
By A. E. Dobson
ENO and Monteverdi lost in the desert of the real.