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At it hammer and tongs: Chelsea Opera Group's Trovatore
A spirited performance of Verdi's beloved work highlighted the virtues of opera in concert.
The Wild Man stumbles into Hackney
Donizetti’s Il furioso all’isola di San Domingo hasn’t strayed onto UK shores for decades, but is given a spirited performance by English Touring Opera.
Add a pinch of fairy dust: Weber's Oberon
New Sussex Opera's warm-hearted community production of Oberon took on Weber's sprawlingly chaotic final opera - and won.
Music Theatre Wales: Greek
Greek packs a punch. Especially in Music Theatre Wales’ simple production, here at the Royal Opera House Linbury Studio Theatre. Mark-Antony Turnage’s music brings Steven Berkoff’s play to life.
A must-see revival of Turnage's Greek
Combining Steven Berkoff’s brutally in-yer-face libretto with the gutsy music of Mark-Anthony Turnage was bound to be an explosive mix. The result was Greek, Turnage’s first opera (or, more accurately, Singspiel), first performed in 1988 and now given an inspiring new airing from Music Theatre Wales. Berkoff’s text was adapted from his own play, based on the Oedipus myth.
"Greek" - An Anti-Opera
When is an opera not an opera? Some would answer this question with “when it’s a musical”, but such a response says more about our own preconceptions of what opera and musical theatre represent than it does about the works themselves.