There is plenty of tricky ground to tread when bringing Madam Butterfly to the stage. One of Puccini’s masterwork, the…

It is a very long way between lockdown in Cardiff and rehearsing in Texas for the opening of Houston Grand…

What to do if the opera you are directing has ethical and cultural problems? Australian Director Lindy Hume’s solution is…

Welsh National Opera will return to touring in Wales and England from Autumn this year. WNO is starting its 75th…

There must be a reason why I have never wanted to see Miss Saigon. Perhaps because I have been brought…

On a cold December night we were ushered in to the hedonistic pleasures of the ‘Dreamland’ bar and brothel where…

I have seen this production of Madame Butterfly many times and yet each time it manages to be just that little…