by Claudia Pritchard | Jul 1, 2026 | Music
The crew of the Indomitable, at Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Photo: Tristram Kenton Nelson’s flagship,Victory, and the stage at Glyndebourne measure about the same, port to starboard – roughly 15 metres. So the three decks of the 18th- century man-of-war Indomitable... 
by Guy Rickards | May 10, 2026 | Drama, Music
Allan Clayton as Peter Grimes, RBO, (c) Tristram Kenton 2026 Britten Peter Grimes The Royal Opera / Jakob Hrůša Covent Garden, London, May 8, 2026 Like it or loathe it (and I love it), as a theatrical experience Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes should be overwhelming.... 
by Claudia Pritchard | Feb 12, 2025 | Drama, Music
Family at war: Festen at the Royal Opera House. Photo: Marc Brenner A lacerating masterpiece, Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Festen drills relentlessly into a family with a dark secret in its cankerous heart. Festen is powered by a playwright Lee Hall’s libretto,...