What to search for
Add another search term
Date range
![Aigul Akhmetshina © Royal Opera House]( "Aigul Akhmetshina © Royal Opera House")
London05 Sep 2020Pappano leads The Royal Opera's return to action![Dame Sarah Connolly © Tristram Kenton | ROH 2020]( "Dame Sarah Connolly © Tristram Kenton | ROH 2020")
London22 Jun 2020A moving Lied von der Erde at Covent Garden![Sir Antonio Pappano © Liam Hennebry]( "Sir Antonio Pappano © Liam Hennebry")
London16 Mar 2020Loss and foreboding from Pappano and the LSO![Lise Davidsen (Leonore) © ROH | Bill Cooper]( "Lise Davidsen (Leonore) © ROH | Bill Cooper")
London02 Mar 2020Lise Davidsen leads a revolutionary Fidelio at Covent Garden![Sir Antonio Pappano © Musacchio & Ianniello]( "Sir Antonio Pappano © Musacchio & Ianniello")
London13 Dec 2019Pappano and the LSO furious in Vaughan Williams' Fourth Symphony![Carlos Álvarez (Iago) and Gregory Kunde (Otello) © ROH | Catherine Ashmore]( "Carlos Álvarez (Iago) and Gregory Kunde (Otello) © ROH | Catherine Ashmore")
London10 Dec 2019“Esultate!” Kunde's Otello impresses at Covent Garden![Joyce DiDonato, Antonio Pappano and the NYO-USA © BBC | Chris Christodoulou]( "Joyce DiDonato, Antonio Pappano and the NYO-USA © BBC | Chris Christodoulou")
London12 Aug 2019Prom 32: Summer adventures from the NYO USA and Pappano![Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia © Mark Allan | Barbican]( "Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia © Mark Allan | Barbican")
London26 May 2019Of cowbells and hammer blows: Pappano's take on Mahler 6![Yusuf Eyvasov (Don Alvaro) © ROH | Bill Cooper]( "Yusuf Eyvasov (Don Alvaro) © ROH | Bill Cooper")
London18 Apr 2019La forza dei Cristofori: Loy and Maltman raise hell![Jonas Kaufmann (Don Alvaro) and Anna Netrebko (Leonora) © ROH | Bill Cooper]( "Jonas Kaufmann (Don Alvaro) and Anna Netrebko (Leonora) © ROH | Bill Cooper")
London22 Mar 2019Outrageous fortune: stellar opening for Forza at Covent Garden![Sir Antonio Pappano © Musacchio & Ianniello]( "Sir Antonio Pappano © Musacchio & Ianniello")
London03 Mar 2019Pappano and the LSO bring the Italians out of the opera pit![Anita Rachvelishvili © Dario Acosta]( "Anita Rachvelishvili © Dario Acosta")
London09 Feb 2019In the limelight: the ROH Orchestra gets to shine on stage![Vladimir Stoyanov (Yeletsky / Tchaikovsky) © ROH | Catherine Ashmore]( "Vladimir Stoyanov (Yeletsky / Tchaikovsky) © ROH | Catherine Ashmore")
London14 Jan 2019A tale of many Tchaikovskys: The Queen of Spades at ROH![Ian Bostridge © Sim Canetty-Clarke]( "Ian Bostridge © Sim Canetty-Clarke")
London06 Dec 2018Remembrance connections explored by Bostridge and Pappano![Sir Antonio Pappano © ROH | David Bebber]( "Sir Antonio Pappano © ROH | David Bebber")
London25 Oct 2018A powerful performance of Verdi's Requiem from Pappano![Stephen Milling (Hagen) © ROH 2018 | Bill Cooper]( "Stephen Milling (Hagen) © ROH 2018 | Bill Cooper")
London02 Oct 2018Milling drives a dramatic Royal Opera Götterdämmerung![Stefan Vinke (Siegfried), Gerhard Siegel (Mime) © ROH 2018 | Bill Cooper]( "Stefan Vinke (Siegfried), Gerhard Siegel (Mime) © ROH 2018 | Bill Cooper")
London30 Sep 2018A fantastic tale, an outstanding cast: Siegfried at ROH![Stuart Skelton (Siegmund) © ROH | Bill Cooper]( "Stuart Skelton (Siegmund) © ROH | Bill Cooper")
London27 Sep 2018Skelton and Anger set the scene for a superb Walküre![Lauren Fagan, Angela Simkin, Christina Bock, Johannes Martin Kränzle © ROH 2018 | Bill Cooper]( "Lauren Fagan, Angela Simkin, Christina Bock, Johannes Martin Kränzle © ROH 2018 | Bill Cooper")
London25 Sep 2018The assault on Valhalla begins: Das Rheingold at ROH![Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia © BBC | Chris Christodoulou]( "Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia © BBC | Chris Christodoulou")
London11 Aug 2018Saluti da Roma as Pappano conducts Bernstein and Mahler![Ian Bostridge © Sim Canetty-Clarke]( "Ian Bostridge © Sim Canetty-Clarke")
Berlin28 Jun 2018Pappano conducts Britten's War Requiem in Berlin![Brandon Jovanovich (Sergey), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Katerina) © ROH | Clive Barda]( "Brandon Jovanovich (Sergey), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Katerina) © ROH | Clive Barda")
London13 Apr 2018No muddle, just music: ROH Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk![Željko Lučić (Macbeth) and Anna Netrebko (Lady Macbeth) © ROH | Bill Cooper]( "Željko Lučić (Macbeth) and Anna Netrebko (Lady Macbeth) © ROH | Bill Cooper")
London25 Mar 2018Masterfully villainous: Netrebko and Lučić in Macbeth![Diana Damrau © Rebecca Fay]( "Diana Damrau © Rebecca Fay")
London04 Mar 2018Heavenly Strauss from Damrau![Alice Sara Ott © Jonas Becker]( "Alice Sara Ott © Jonas Becker")
London27 Nov 2017Infernal Liszt: Ott, Pappano and a Faustian pact![Joyce DiDonato (Semiramide) © ROH | Bill Cooper]( "Joyce DiDonato (Semiramide) © ROH | Bill Cooper")
London19 Nov 2017A dazzling Semiramide at the Royal Opera![Barbara Hannigan, Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia © Chris Lee]( "Barbara Hannigan, Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia © Chris Lee")
New York City23 Oct 2017Sturdy Mahler 6 from Pappano at Carnegie Hall![Martha Argerich and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia © Chris Lee]( "Martha Argerich and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia © Chris Lee")
New York City24 Oct 2017A glorious return to Carnegie for Martha Argerich![Nicole Car (Mimì) and Mariusz Kwiecień (Marcello) © ROH | Catherine Ashmore]( "Nicole Car (Mimì) and Mariusz Kwiecień (Marcello) © ROH | Catherine Ashmore")
London12 Sep 2017No moonlight, no magic: a vanilla Bohème![Jonas Kaufmann (Otello) © ROH | Catherine Ashmore]( "Jonas Kaufmann (Otello) © ROH | Catherine Ashmore")
London22 Jun 2017A bronze-toned lion: Kaufmann debuts as Otello![Sir Antonio Pappano © Riccardo Musacchio & Flavio Ianniello]( "Sir Antonio Pappano © Riccardo Musacchio & Flavio Ianniello")
London12 May 2017There’s no place like Rome: dazzling Respighi![Ermonela Jaho (Cio-Cio San) © ROH | Bill Cooper]( "Ermonela Jaho (Cio-Cio San) © ROH | Bill Cooper")
London28 Mar 2017Broken wings: Ermonela Jaho a devastating Butterfly![Sir Bryn Terfel (Hans Sachs) © ROH | Clive Barda]( "Sir Bryn Terfel (Hans Sachs) © ROH | Clive Barda")
London12 Mar 2017Excellent in parts: Meistersinger at Covent Garden![Karita Mattila © Marica Rosengard]( "Karita Mattila © Marica Rosengard")
London09 Feb 2017Sensational Mattila, restrained Kaufmann![Antonio Pappano © Musacchio Ianniello | EMI Classics]( "Antonio Pappano © Musacchio Ianniello | EMI Classics")
London07 Feb 2017Italian Passion ignites a blazing Inextinguishable Symphony at the Barbican- London12 Dec 2016Sensitive artistry from Gerald Finley
- London25 Nov 2016Pappano and the LSO scale Strauss' Alpine odyssey
- London23 Nov 2016Kent's Manon Lescaut at Covent Garden
- London16 Nov 2016Bostridge's Shakespeare Songs at Wigmore Hall
![Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Simon O'Neill and Sir Antonio Pappano © Riccardo Musacchio & Flavio Ianniello]( "Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Simon O'Neill and Sir Antonio Pappano © Riccardo Musacchio & Flavio Ianniello")
Rome23 Oct 2016Pappano releases the shackles- London13 Sep 2016Sonya Yoncheva's Norma scorches Covent Garden
- London17 Jul 2016Royal Opera's spine-tingling Boris Godunov
- London19 Jun 2016Grigolo and DiDonato light up the Royal Opera's Werther
- Wrocław27 May 2016LSO shines in superb Polish acoustics
- London20 May 2016Mahler 6: competent but missing the mark
- Cleveland30 Apr 2016Antonio Pappano leads a high-octane Heldenleben
- London15 Mar 2016Boris Godunov: competent, but missing the mark
- London09 Feb 2016Russian Roulette: Pappano’s spin through the Mighty Handful
- London01 Feb 2016Roman delights from Pappano and LSO
- London04 Dec 2015Passion Plays: Michieletto’s interwoven Cav'n'Pag
Showing 50 of 96 reviews
