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- Loading image...London01 Sep 2025ENO, BBC join forces in stunning Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
- Loading image...London30 Jun 2025In Mears’ bleak Royal Opera Semele, Pretty Yende stands out
- Loading image...Vienna26 Oct 2024Kunde leads Wiener Staatsoper’s shattering Billy Budd
- Loading image...London24 Sep 2024Soaring orchestral themes, minimalist staging: Eugene Onegin
- Loading image...New York City08 Dec 2023Superb cast delivers delights in the Met’s family-friendly Magic Flute
- Loading image...London08 Nov 2023Jephtha at the ROH: magnificent singing, but short on dramatic punch
- Loading image...London23 Aug 2023Cummings and the AAM bring the house down with Samson at the Proms
- Loading image...Edinburgh12 Aug 2023Emelyanychev and the SCO make Mozart magical in Edinburgh
- Loading image...Aix-en-Provence07 Jul 2023Musically peerless but battering: Wozzeck in Aix
- Loading image...London19 May 2023A meditation on cruelty: Warner‘s new ROH Wozzeck
- Loading image...Leeds01 Jun 2022Wagner's music conquers all qualms in Opera North's Parsifal
- Loading image...London19 Nov 2021Richard Jones’ second London Ring falters at the first fence
- London13 Sep 2021A striking Rigoletto opens Oliver Mears' account at The Royal Opera
- Moreton-in-Marsh05 Jun 2021A semi-successful semi-staging of Die Walküre at Longborough
- Leeds12 Dec 2020Beethoven's Fidelio as fervent prayer in Leeds
- Zurich20 Sep 2020Technology to the rescue in Zurich's new staging of Boris Godunov
- New York City16 Nov 2019Met Opera revives Le nozze di Figaro with musical style
- London16 Sep 2019Highway to Hell: Don Giovanni returns to Covent Garden
- Glyndebourne18 Jul 2019Die Zauberflöte at Glyndebourne: a mixed bag of paper cut-outs
- London23 Apr 2019Billy Budd finally drops anchor again at The Royal Opera
- London14 Mar 2019Simon McBurney's Magic Flute makes a joyous return to ENO
- Zurich09 Dec 2018Sweeney Todd: Zurich ventures into a bloody musical
- London10 Nov 2018The Silver Tassie makes a triumphant return
- Manchester06 Oct 2018Wellber launches a new era for the BBC Phil
- London29 Sep 2018A fantastic tale, an outstanding cast: Siegfried at ROH
- London24 Sep 2018The assault on Valhalla begins: Das Rheingold at ROH
- London17 Jul 2018Glyndebourne's baffling Pélleas et Mélisande at the Proms
- Glyndebourne20 May 2018Seriously funny: Glyndebourne's Rosenkavalier
- London07 Feb 2018A persistent meditative state: Satyagraha at ENO
- London27 Jan 2018A topsy-turvy Rheingold in concert from Jurowski and the LPO
- Snape24 Jun 2017A buoyant revival of Billy Budd
- Cardiff04 Jun 2017Sumptuous performances from WNO in Der Rosenkavalier
- London25 Apr 2017Death, destroyer of worlds
- Madrid03 Feb 2017Warner's new Billy Budd sets a new standard in Madrid
- New York City14 Nov 2016Netrebko overcomes flawed Manon Lescaut at the Met
- London12 Sep 2016Sonya Yoncheva's Norma scorches Covent Garden
- London07 Jun 2016OAE celebrates in style with Weber’s Der Freischütz
- High Wycombe03 Jun 2016A stylish Eugene Onegin at Garsington
- Zurich08 May 2016Tcherniakov's Pelléas et Mélisande in Zurich
- New York City12 Feb 2016Work in progress: Met’s Manon Lescaut
- Chicago01 Nov 2015A Wozzeck of few concessions at the Lyric
- Chicago26 Sep 2015A dazzling new Figaro at the Lyric Opera
- Port Isaac07 Aug 2015Boris Godunov with a star British cast wows St Endellion
- Aix-en-Provence04 Jul 2015Robert Carsen's legendary Dream returns to Aix
- New York City01 May 2015The Rake’s Progress: neoclassical whimsy at The Met
- Amsterdam04 Mar 2015Polished stagecraft still wields its magic
- Glasgow24 Jan 2015Inés de Castro: shocking and unmissable
- London04 Nov 2014Opera Rara: Donizetti's Les Martyrs a revelation
- London12 Sep 2014Rigoletto in need of a shot of espresso
- London07 Aug 2014Electrifying Oedipus Rex at the Proms
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