Live EventsSee more...
ParisB’Rock Orchestra / René Jacobs
Bach: St John Passion, BWV245
B'Rock Orchestra; René Jacobs; Zürcher Sing-Akademie; Mari Eriksmoen; James Hall; Thomas Walker
MadridHe Who Loves BeautyNew production
Various: He Who Loves Beauty
Rafael R. Villalobos; Teatro Real
GlyndebourneThe Marriage of Figaro
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Bertie Baigent; Mariame Clément; Glyndebourne Autumn; Julia Hansen; Paule Constable; Glyndebourne Sinfonia
BerlinL'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Diego Fasolis; Eva-Maria Höckmayr; Staatsoper Berlin; Jens Kilian; Julia Rösler; Olaf Freese; Staatskapelle Berlin
Latest reviewsSee more...
The Best of All Possible Satires: Candide sparkles in Vienna
Lydia Steier's new production of Candide is a kaleidoscopic celebration of Leonard Bernstein's varied musical idioms.
Lessons in Love and Violence: gorgeous tragedy without a heart
Given a new production by Evgeny Titov, Benjamin's second full-length opera is musically brilliant, but its examination of our inner darkness lacks heart.
Monteverdi on a doughnut: Ulysses fails to thrill
A series of ill-advised staging choices leads to a disappointingly drab performance of Monteverdi's Homeric epic.
A heavy crown: austere Monteverdi at the Staatsoper
The Staatsoper's new L'incoronazione di Poppea is serious, intelligent but short on fire.
Sparkling Così fan tutte in Barcelona
Jacobs has found in the excellent musicians of this orchestra the perfect laboratory to explore his conception of Mozart.
World première of Joubert's Jane Eyre
John Joubert's opera setting of Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece received its long-awaited world premiere by the English Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Kenneth Woods, with a luminous central performance by soprano April Fredrick.