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Artiste: Tim Claydon

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Quand le kitsch écrase Turandot au Grand Théâtre de Genève

À l'exception de la direction intéressante d'Antonino Fogliani à la tête de l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, il n'y a pas grand-chose à saluer dans cette production clinquante, dénuée de la moindre cohérence artistique.

Comic overkill stunts Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Grange Festival

Tim Mead (Giulio Cesare) and Hugh Cutting (Tolomeo) © Richard Hubert Smith
Despite excellent vocal performances, David Alden’s production of Giulio Cesare in Egitto aims at irreverence but overplays the comedy.

John Findon triumphs in the return of Opera North’s Peter Grimes

John Findon (Peter Grimes) © James Glossop
Benjamin Britten’s dark masterpiece Peter Grimes returns triumphantly to Opera North, conducted by Gary Walker and revived by Karolina Sofulak and Tim Claydon.

Vocal thrills in Met’s traditional staging of Bellini’s I puritani

Lisette Oropesa (Elvira) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

Marco Armiliato conducts a finely balanced rendition of Bellini's final masterpiece with a stellar cast headed by Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee.

Opera North’s gleeful Magic Flute revived

Emyr Wyn Jones (Papageno) © Tristram Kenton
Conducted by Christoph Konz and directed by James Brining, Opera North’s revival of The Magic Flute remains an inventive reinterpretation of Mozart’s classic opera. 

Madcap comedy from Verdi: Un giorno di regno at Garsington

Joshua Hopkins (Il cavaliere di Belfiore) © Julian Guidera
Christopher Alden, Chris Hopkins and an excellent cast send us a comic roller coaster ride with Verdi’s ultra-rarely performed second opera.