Mark has worked in arts journalism for more than thirty years, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera, music and musical theatre. Mark also writes for Musical America as opera correspondent for Europe and the UK.
Although Damiano Michieletto's new production resembles an expensive drama workshop, it’s the marvellous performances that make this such a moving Jenůfa.
Conceived for television and first seen on BBC2 in May 1971, Owen Wingrave should lend itself to creative staging and the small screen. Does this new film convince?
Travel restrictions prevented both the concert’s marquee names from appearing, but their stand-ins stamped their personalities on an immensely attractive (and unchanged) programme.
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla approached the Eighth with a clear vision of the music’s structure and a plan to free the life that teems beneath its mighty vaults.
