Review: TURANDOT, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
The thrill of operatic voices singing up close and personal in a radical re-interpretation of an opera ripe for bringing into the 21st century
UK / West End Opera News Coverage — Page 6
The latest news on performances of Opera in UK / West End.
Glyndebourne Reveals 2024 Season Lineup
As the 2023 Festival draws to a close, Glyndebourne has announced the programme for 2024, when the company marks its 90th anniversary year.
Jonathan Kent's Production of Puccini's TOSCA Released on Royal Opera House Stream
The Royal Opera House will release three exclusive recordings of The Royal Ballet’s founding choreographer Frederick Ashton’s work on Royal Opera House Stream.
Review: LOYOLA, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
Beautifully sung South American opera flawed a little by its overpowering religious messaging.
Review: TROUBLE IN TAHITI, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
Boutique opera now 72 years old but could have been written yesterday in terms of its music, its themes and its relevance, performed with verve and confidence
Review: RUDDIGORE, Opera Holland Park
Super show, a little slow at first, but blossoming into an escapist entertainment that can be enjoyed as much in the 2020s as it was in the 1880s
Opera Holland Park Announces 2024 Season
First seen at Opera Holland Park in 2008, and set in the heat, glamour and corruption of 1960s Rome, Stephen Barlow’s sensational five star production of Tosca opens the 2024 Season and is the first of two Puccini operas to mark the centenary of the composer’s death.
Review: NO FOR AN ANSWER, Grimeborn, Arcola Theatre
A strong score, neat production by Mehmet Ergen and an excellent cast make it worth a watch, even if it has several plot-related issues
Review: ITCH, Opera Holland Park
Jonathan Dove's music underpins and enhances the tale of a teen suddenly thrust into a world of corporate power and environmental exploitation
Review: PROM 11: HORRIBLE HISTORIES - 'ORRIBLE OPERA, Royal Albert Hall
Prom 11: Horrible Histories ‘Orrible Opera is a delightful show that will amuse audiences of all ages while making opera more approachable.
Review: LA BOHÈME, Opera Holland Park
Puccini’s masterpiece La bohème combines friendship, passion and tragedy to create one of the world’s most popular operas.
Soprano Rainelle Krause to Make Debut at the BBC Proms
The prestigious BBC Proms announces the highly anticipated debut of soprano Rainelle Krause at this year's 'Horrible Histories - 'Orrible Opera' performance.
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 1936, Daniel Kitson's MAYBE A GHOST STORY, and More Set For Wilton's Music Hall Autumn Season
Wilton's Music Hall has announced its stunning autumn season, which sees ground-breaking productions, and collaborations with forward-thinking theatre companies.
Jonas Kaufmann Withdraws from Final Two Performances of WERTHER at Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House has announced that Jonas Kaufmann has withdrawn from the final two performances of Werther on Saturday 1 July and Tuesday 4 July due to continued illness.
Review: WOMAN AT POINT ZERO, Royal Opera House
Unique production defies easy categorisation, but thrills and appals to live long in the memory
Review: EVEREST, Barbican Theatre
An atmospheric story of a group of trapped explorers at the mercy of mother nature, the UK premiere of Joby Talbot’s Everest has a chillingly eerie resonance.
Review: WERTHER, Royal Opera House
A lacklustre central performance shifts the focus towards Charlotte's tragedy instead of Werther's.
Just Stop Oil Protesters Interrupt Glyndebourne Performance
Just Stop Oil protesters interrupted a performance during the Glyndebourne opera festival in East Sussex by letting off glitter cannons and blowing air horns.
Guest Blog: 'My Journey Has Been Almost as Long as His!': Writer and Librettist Glyn Maxwell on Adapting Wagner's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
My journey with The Flying Dutchman has been almost as long as his.
Review: HANSEL AND GRETEL, Opera Holland Park
As a first taster to opera, Opera Holland Park's Hansel and Gretel isn't a bad place to start.
Review: IL TROVATORE, Royal Opera House
Adele Thomas' new production is a rollicking clash of carnivalesque weirdness and heartfelt desire.
Outgoing ENO Chief Executive Stewart Murphy Takes Aim at Arts Bosses, Saying 'History is Watching'
Outgoing English National Opera Chief Executive Stewart Murphy has warned the government and leaders of Arts Council England that 'history is watching'.
Review: BLUE, London Coliseum
A confident production of a conceptually flawed opera.
Review: ARMINIO, Royal Opera House
Emphasising monochromatic melancholy with singers who do their best despite swimming in an ocean of drab uniforms.
Review: INNOCENCE, Royal Opera House
Here it is, opera's answer to A Little Life: Kaija Saariaho's Innocence follows the aftermath of a school shooting and the emotional destruction felt by those connect to the event.
2/3 of English National Opera Chorus Members at Risk of Leaving the Profession
Equity has found that two thirds (67.
Photos: First Look At English National Opera's THE DEAD CITY (DIE TOTE STADT)
See production images for the English National Opera's The Dead City (Die tote Stadt), running 25 March - 8 April 2023.
Photos: First Look at RUDDIGORE At Wilton's Music Hall
Peter Benedict's smash hit production of Gilbert & Sullivan's RUDDIGORE at Wilton's Music Hall must end this Saturday, 25th March.
Review: TURANDOT, Royal Opera House
Come for Nessun Dorma; stay for love's triumph over death
AKHNATEN Returns to the ENO With Anthony Roth Costanzo in the Title Role
This spring, the Phelim McDermott production of Philip Glass's Akhnaten returns to the London Coliseum for its second English National Opera (ENO) revival since its premiere in 2016.
Review: LEAST LIKE THE OTHER, SEARCHING FOR ROSEMARY KENNEDY, Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre
An extraordinary, powerful, moving multimedia work that gives voice to Rosemary Kennedy, denied it for over 60 years.
The Best Of Royal Opera House Stream Will Kick off 2023
This New Year, the Royal Opera House will add six new performances to Royal Opera House Stream for audiences around the world to enjoy: The Cellist, Romeo and Juliet and Sylvia from The Royal Ballet; and La traviata, Fidelio and Madama Butterfly from The Royal Opera.
Rachel Duckett and Thando Mjandana Win The Voice of Black Opera Awards
Rachel Duckett and Thando Mjandana win the Voice of Black Opera Awards.
Review: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, London Coliseum
Opera based on much loved 1946 film offers a vision of a town without music, without joy, without love and, in doing so, compels us to value what we have - a moral shared by everyone in the house, but not outside it.
Finalists Announced for THE VOICE OF BLACK OPERA
Black British Classical Foundation has announced the five singers who have been chosen to advance to the Grand Final Concert of the Voice of Black Opera competition to be staged at Birmingham Town Hall on 5 December 2022.
Review: GODS OF THE GAME, Grange Park Opera
Football opera land perfectly between the Women's Euros and the Men's World Cup finding plenty of common ground to delight fans of both art forms
Robert Carsen's New AIDA Comes to Cinemas This Month
This October, the Royal Opera House is delighted to announce that its new production of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, staged by the acclaimed Canadian director Robert Carsen, will be broadcast live from Covent Garden on Wednesday 12 October 2022, reaching over 1,000 cinemas in 34 countries around the
Review: AIDA, Royal Opera House
A provocative and ultimately successful reimagining of opera's most operatic of works
Photos: In Rehearsal For TOSCA At English National Opera
Opening the 2022/23 Season at the London Coliseum, the English National Opera (ENO) presents Puccini’s much-loved thriller, Tosca.
Review: THE BEAR and AND I DECIDED..., Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
Opera at Home's double bill offers the traditional and the avant-garde
