Neue Kritikenmehr...
Grimeborn delivers a wholly satisfying Half Ring at Hackney Empire
Using Jonathan Dove and Graham Vick's distillations of Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, the company concluded its miniature Ring cycle in under five hours, without sacrificing musical or dramatic tension.
A valiant Walküre at the Hackney Empire
Wagnerites can get their fix in London this week, where Die Walküre opens the Grimeborn Festival in Julia Burbach's new production of the adaptation by Graham Vick and Jonathan Dove.
Scottish Opera’s steampunk Magic Flute returns
Sir Thomas Allen’s crowd-pleasing Magic Flute returns to Scottish Opera in a finely sung performance with Tobias Ringborg drawing period colours from the orchestra.
A finely sung Katya Kabanova in rust-bucket Russia
Stephen Lawless' new production for Scottish Opera and Theater Magdeburg sets the action in the industrial wastelands of Russia.
A dark, unflinching Rigoletto from Scottish Opera
More relevant than ever, the patriarchal nightmare of Verdi's Rigoletto is dark and unflinching in Scottish Opera's revival of their 2011 production, with some striking scenes and fine singing.
A Schumann rarity at the Oxford Lieder Festival
An old instrument, a veteran star singer, and a late rose all bloom at Oxford's annual songfest.