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The ROH Flute – a masterpiece of staging

Posted on December 17, 2022February 4, 2023 by Michael Church
The Magic Flute Royal Opera House, London There are a few opera productions which never grow stale, they just get better, and so it is with director David McVicar’s version of The Magic Flute. It wa... Read More

A powerful and convincing Butterfly at the ROH

Posted on June 15, 2022June 16, 2022 by Michael Church
Madama Butterfly Royal Opera House, London, ★★★★ Nobody could accuse Covent Garden of backwardness in virtue-signalling. They recently announced plans for trigger-warnings when murder, rape, a... Read More

Peter Grimes at ROH – a standout success

Posted on March 28, 2022March 30, 2022 by Michael Church
Peter Grimes Royal Opera House, London ★★★★★ Michael Church Allan Clayton, John Tomlinson, Bryn Terfel, Jacques Imbrailo, James Gilchrist, John Graham-Hall – and all under the musical dire... Read More

Classical events under Covid

Posted on October 28, 2020October 29, 2020 by Michael Church
I Solomon,  Great Hall, Bart’s Hospital Quatuor pour la fin du temps, St Paul’s Cathedral New Dark Age, Royal Opera House, London With the whole world of classical music engaged in streaming, l... Read More

The ROH streams, but the outlook for musicians is dire

Posted on June 15, 2020June 18, 2020 by Michael Church
Musicians are at a precipice – but does the government care? Given a fanatical Brexiteer cabinet fixated on impossible dreams, and  some stunningly inadequate ministers in charge of important a... Read More

Handel’s Susanna at the Linbury – better heard and not seen

Posted on March 6, 2020March 8, 2020 by Michael Church
Susanna, Linbury Theatre, London How to prepare for the coming storm? Eat well, keep fit, and enjoy the pleasures which will soon be off the menu. It can’t be long before opera houses close their d... Read More

Keith Warner’s Otello and the wonderful Ermonela

Posted on December 10, 2019December 17, 2019 by Michael Church
Otello,  Royal Opera House While English National Opera, under its current leadership, produces nothing but flops, the Royal Opera remains splendidly on track. Hot on the heels of David McVicar’s s... Read More

McVicar’s evergreen Flute

Posted on November 2, 2019November 5, 2019 by Michael Church
Die Zauberflöte, Royal Opera House, London While ENO produces one turkey after another, Covent Garden continues to fly the flag. It has just brought back David McVicar’s production of Die Zauberfl... Read More

Strings from Japan

Posted on July 9, 2019July 10, 2019 by Michael Church
The three-string shamisen lute is a brashly assertive instrument, but Japanese composers and performers are now exploring its hitherto unsuspected sonic potential. Honjoh Hidejiro, the leader in this ... Read More

A definitive Boris Godunov at Covent Garden

Posted on June 20, 2019June 21, 2019 by Michael Church
Boris Godunov, Royal Opera House When the curtain rises on Boris Godunov, the gaudily-painted spinning-top which adorns it turns out to be a giant version of the toy with which a small boy in a white... Read More
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