Aci, Galatea e Polyfemo/Brockes Passion London Handel Festival ★★★☆☆ When Handel’s oratorio Aci, Galatea e Polyfemo was premiered to celebrate a ducal wedding in Naples, it was accompanied...Read More
Andrea Chenier Royal Opera House ★★★★ The farewell to life written in 1794 by the French poet Andre Chenier is the most hauntingly dreadful poem ever penned. It was written on the day of his d...Read More
The Marriage of Figaro, ENO Fiona Shaw’s production of The Marriage of Figaro didn’t fire on all cylinders when it premiered, and after its second revival there are still problems, some of ...Read More