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Strauss à la Fellini: Ariadne auf Naxos at Opera North
Rodula Gaitanou sets Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's comedy in the Cinecittà film studios of the 1950s.
A musical joy and a comical hoot: The Pirates of Penzance at OHP
John Savournin directs Opera Holland Park's end-of-term G&S romp.
Magic from the pit in Nevill Holt’s Dream
Despite the excellent playing of the Britten Sinfonia, Anna Morrissey’s flawed production disappoints.
A darkly atmospheric Turn of the Screw from Bury Court Opera
As the Governess Alison Rose was the ideal suffering soprano, her eyes an imbroglio of psychological disturbances.
A knockabout Seraglio at Grange Festival
Directing Entführung at the grand old age of 85, John Copley gives us plenty of fun in the Pasha's palace.
Gambling and Gothic: The Queen of Spades
Tchaikovsky's High Gothic opera about gambling obsessions is worth seeing for a first class staging, albeit with a mixed musical performance.