5 star reviews for BALLO at the King’s Head Theatre
Friday night was guest night at the King’s Head Theatre in Islington for BALLO, the new adaptation of Verdi’s opera ‘A Masked Ball’. Reviews have been unanimous in declaring it a triumph of...
View ArticlePress night for TOSCA at the Kings Head Theatre tonight (October 4th)
Puccini’s classic opera comes to Upper Street in director Adam Spreadbury-Maher’s beautiful and evocative new production. Produced by OperaUpClose in association with Malmö Opera, Adeam’s re-working is...
View ArticleTOSCA begins it’s Swedish tour on September 8th
Puccini’s classic opera comes to Sweden in director Ryan McBryde‘s beautiful and evocative new production. Produced by Malmo Opera, where it returns briefly in October, TOSCA will play at various...
View ArticleLindsay PosnerRIGOLETTO: Opera Holland Park ? 1st performance Tuesday 26th July
Directed by Lindsay Posner, this new production of Verdi’s mesmerising and painfully moving opera is a mouth watering prospect. A father’s suffocating love for his daughter has tragic consequences....
View ArticleAt The Manchester International Festival this year:
THE CRASH OF THE ELYSIUM, live at MediaCity UK from Friday 1st to Sunday 17th A spectacular Punchdrunk DOCTOR WHO show for children, commissioned by MIF, directed by Felix Barrett and written by Tom...
View ArticleWonderful Profile of the “Master Craftswoman” Katie Mitchell
Katie Mitchell, British theatre’s queen in exile Her champions regard Katie Mitchell as Britain’s greatest living stage director – but her critics see a vandal smashing up the classics. After staging...
View ArticlePelleas et Melisande at Aix-en-Provence Festival
Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE Lyrical drama in five acts adapted from the play by Maurice Maeterlinck First performed on 30 April 1902 at the Opéra Comique, Paris Katie Mitchell...
View ArticleKatie Mitchell’s LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR opens at the ROH
Lucia di Lammermoor 30 OCTOBER—27 NOVEMBER 2017 MAIN STAGE Donizetti’s opera of a woman forced to breaking point is conducted by Michele Mariotti with a cast including Lisette Oropesa, Charles...
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THE BLUE WOMAN directed by Katie Mitchell opens at the Linbury Theatre 6th –...
Award-winning director Katie Mitchell tackles the psychological impact of violence against women in this new opera by Laura Bowler and Laura Lomas.
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