ENO’s Marriage made (almost) in Heaven

ENO’s Marriage made (almost) in Heaven

David Ireland and Mary Bevan, ENO’s The Marriage of Figaro 2025 (c) Zoe Martin The Coliseum, English National Opera / Ainārs Rubiķis The simplest solutions are often the best, especially when dealing with something rather convoluted, as in the case of The...
Così fan tutte, Classical Opera, Cadogan Hall

Così fan tutte, Classical Opera, Cadogan Hall

Growing pains by Robert Thicknesse I confess I wasn’t expecting huge things from Ian Page and Classical Opera’s Così. Nice cast, for sure, but Page isn’t (despite his unswerving devotion to the composer) the greatest Mozart conductor, and his orchestra is only a bit...
Die Zauberflöte, Glyndebourne

Die Zauberflöte, Glyndebourne

Kitchen sunk drama There might come a time when this new Glyndebourne production of Mozart’s Magic Flute by the Franco-Canadian team of stage director/choreographer Renaud Doucet, and costume/set designer André Barbe, trading as Barbe and Doucet, will find its...