Tag: Royal Opera House
McVicar’s evergreen Flute
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 MoreStrings from Japan
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 MoreA definitive Boris Godunov at Covent Garden
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 MoreAlagna’s 100th ROH appearance: fine, but overshadowed by Radvanovsky
Andrea Chenier, Royal Opera House In making the title role of Umberto Giordano’s Andrea Chénier the vehicle for his hundredth Covent Garden appearance, Roberto Alagna has made a wise choice. As a ... Read MoreROH Faust – a triumphant evening despite a string of replacements
Faust, Royal Opera House, London Some operas have to be taken in the spirit of the times out of which they sprang, and this applies particularly to Gounod’s Faust. Nobody today could accept its ca... Read MoreNetrebko and Kaufmann at £7,000 a pair
La forza del destino, Royal Opera House It’s always news when Anna Netrebko or Jonas Kaufmann grace the stage, and doubly so when they appear together: breath is bated not only over whether these s... Read MoreHow to murder Cosi
Cosi fan tutte, Royal Opera House, London Gyula Orendt as Guglielmo, Thomas Allen as Don-Alfonso & Paolo Fanale as Ferrando ©ROH/Stephen Cummiskey The German director Jan Philipp Gloger introduc... Read MoreA triumphant Katya Kabanova from Richard Jones
Katya Kabanova, Royal Opera House It never rains but it pours: three productions of Janacek’s Katya Kabanova running in the same week – excellent ones from Scottish Opera and Welsh National O... Read MoreHerheim tinkers with Tchaikovsky at Covent Garden
The Queen of Spades, Royal Opera House, London When is a libretto not a libretto? When it falls into the hands of Stefan Herheim. For this Norwegian director, an opera is something out of which he ma... Read More- 2 of 4
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