Neue Kritikenmehr...
The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time
Orla Boylan’s creation oozes charisma and reeks of entitlement, driven to emotional cruelty by the lassitude of a life too-long lived.
WNO stages Death in Venice for the first time and it’s a triumph
Olivia Fuchs solves the problems of Britten's thorny opera in a brilliant new production that hits the heights, featuring Mark Le Brocq as earthbound scholar, Gustav von Aschenbach.
Beware of what you wish for: The Makropulos Affair at WNO
Olivia Fuchs gives a powerful staging of Janáček's morality tale of the perils of eternal youth, with an excellent cast, but there are reservations about the title role.
Disappointing Dialogues des Carmélites
The most moving scene in 20th-century opera went for nothing