by hello_27687r2a | Aug 24, 2017 | Music
Bouncing Back 18 July Endless revivals of “great” operas are legion. But sometimes a work pops out of the undergrowth and catches the imagination of a new era. Zazà, by Ruggero Leoncavallo, the composer of Pagliacci, burst (back) onto the scene with an inspired Opera... 
by hello_27687r2a | Aug 24, 2017 | Music
To Hell and Back 29 July It’s no secret that Wagner is at the heart of Longborough Festival Opera’s artistic mission, but even they have never mounted quite such an unashamedly Germanic season as this summer. Following on from a (refocused and hugely more powerful)... 
by William Russell | Aug 24, 2017 | Drama
The end of an era, start of a new venture The grand daddy of pub theatres, The King’s Head Theatre in Islington opened in 1970 by Dan Crawford and home to a legion of stars to be and stars, as well as some memorable productions, is to moved in 2018 to brand new... 
by hello_27687r2a | Aug 24, 2017 | Music
Bogged Down 31 July Each time I hear Mozart’s final opera I thank heaven we live in a world perceptive enough to realize that this piece, dismissed as a “German pig’s breakfast” by the wife of its dedicatee and disparaged pretty much ever since, is in fact a radiant... 
by hello_27687r2a | Aug 23, 2017 | Music
Prom Queens City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Leila Josefowicz Prom 50, Royal Albert Hall 21 August Sebastian Scotney What a heartening sound. The full house in the Royal Albert Hall didn’t just greet the end of this very fine Prom of... 