Neue Kritikenmehr...
Erlanger's L'Aube rouge a damp squib at Wexford Festival Opera
Erlanger's fractured and clichéd opera isn't helped by confused direction, although soprano Andreea Soare is nothing short of magnificent as the heroine.
Sisterhood tenderly explored: Little Women at Opera Holland Park
Composer-librettist Adamo does full justice to Louisa May Alcott's 19th-century bestseller, one of the most widely read works in American literature.
A darkly atmospheric Turn of the Screw from Bury Court Opera
As the Governess Alison Rose was the ideal suffering soprano, her eyes an imbroglio of psychological disturbances.
An intravenous injection of Piazzolla: María de Buenos Aires at the Vaults
Piazzolla's "tango operita" is confusing, weird but full of the unique character of his music, performed superbly by an orchestra which mixes jazz and classical feel.
The curate's night out: the Tête-à-Tête Clubnight
Tête-à-Tête's installation of four works is something of a curate's egg, but worth it for James Schouten's exhilarating Rock Tosca and Workshopera's visionary Boys of Paradise.
Gustave Charpentier's Louise at the Buxton Festival
Gustave Charpentier's Louise, revived and in excellent form at the Buxton Festival.