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Impressive Rake’s Progress from British Youth Opera
Fine performances from a confident cast brought some terrific singing as well as depth of characterisation in Stravinsky’s only full-length opera.
Obsession, isolation and terror at the Royal College of Music
Two contemporary operas give us darkness and death in riveting, inexorable performances.
Poulenc and Chabrier get an eccentric outing
Stephen Unwin's straight direction and some talented young singers from the Royal Academy of Music Opera school made these two works a real treat.
Gradually going flat: Lucia di Lammermoor
Amateur gangsters, but a nicely sung, if rather staid Lucia di Lammermoor at Buxton, worth seeing for its excellent mad scene.
Dvořák’s Jacobin delights Buxton Festival audience
The charm-ometer was cranked firmly to ‘high’ yesterday evening for the opening opera of this year’s Buxton Festival with a performance of The Jacobin, an opera close to Dvořák’s heart.
Strauss' Intermezzo at Buxton Festival
Buxton, a small spa town in Derbyshire, has been home to one of the most imaginative and important festivals in Britain for over thirty years.