Jenůfa, Grange Park Opera, West Horsley Place

Jenůfa, Grange Park Opera, West Horsley Place

Business as usual Amanda Holloway The picnickers are scattered over the manicured lawns, between the box hedges and against the ancient brick walls of the old mansion, anticipating a first-rate performance in Grange Park Opera’s purpose-built theatre. Just like last...
Der Rosenkavalier, Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Der Rosenkavalier, Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Sands of time Lucien Jenkins As is the fashion, Welsh National Opera’s Der Rosenkavalier opens with a dumb-show to accompany the overture. Unwilling to put their trust in Strauss’s overture, which is explicit enough to give YouTube and Facebook reasons for taking it...