The American classic Of Mice and Men was Artistic Director, Peter Doran’s choice for the Torch Theatre’s Autumn production and…
Welsh talents delights at If Opera
September 2, 2022Young Welsh talents was at the fore in If Opera‘s La Rondine in the gorgeous gardens at Belmont Court at…
Three cheers and one cheer more for ENO’s Pinafore
November 21, 2021Before the start of HMS Pinafore John Savournin appears in his costume, as Captain Corcoran, in an old music hall…
Gloria be – Van Morrison live! at St David’s Hall, Cardiff
November 8, 2021With legal action threatened due to allegedly libellous chanting when a series of concerts in his hometown of Belfast was…
Glorious Welsh performances in I Pagliacci and mezzoCav at Iford Arts
August 31, 2021This delicious performance of the stripped back to its emotional basics I Pagliacci had an increased poignancy, being the last…
Joshua Owen Mills at Nevill Holt Opera
August 21, 2021Rising young singer Joshua Owen Mills is in excellent company in the new, fun Don Giovanni at Nevill Holt Opera….
Amadigi weaves modern magic at Garsington Opera
July 14, 2021This glorious production of Handel’s Amadigi is both a splendid, spirits (literally) raising experience and why our independent festivals are…
A topping Cosi at Longborough
June 30, 2021It would have probably been too obvious to cast Don Alfonso as a ring master in the big top seeing…
Stalin’s soft spot, Ivan the Terrible, Grange Park Opera
June 22, 2021After some high and lows during his tenure at Welsh National Opera, it is always with some slight trepidation I…
The Marriage of Figaro, Opera Holland Park
June 19, 2021Adversity sometimes brings unexpected opportunity. In this case the requirements of social distancing was overcome by Opera Holland Park by…