THE VALKYRIE, LONDON COLISEUM

THE VALKYRIE, LONDON COLISEUM

by | Nov 23, 2021 | Music

The question of when and where to set Wagner’s Ring is an entirely open one, since like Arthur and Lear, it is everywhere and nowhere. Richard Jones (director) and Stewart Laing (set and costume designer) answer this by locating Act 1 of Valkyrie in a Wickes shed, Act...
La damnation de Faust, Glyndebourne

La damnation de Faust, Glyndebourne

by | May 28, 2019 | Music

Byway to hell All Berlioz’s few operas are highly original in structure and intention – a characteristic encouraged by this brilliant composer’s obsession with Shakespeare as a model alien in French culture. But his Damnation de Faust is not an opera, more like...