‘The Tales of Hoffmann’, an ‘opera fantastique’, was Jacques Offenbach’s valedictory work and an attempt by the composer, the king of the one-act operetta, to be taken seriously by the Parisian musical establishment.

Oliver Mears’ new production of Leonard Bernstein’s interlinked pair of short operas ‘Trouble in Tahiti’ and ‘A Quiet Place’ in the Linbury Theatre, the chamber opera space at Covent Garden, has been long in gestation but worth the wait.

Is Fidelity to Fidelio essential? To what extent do we, as observers of injustice, have a responsibility to act? The new revival of Tobias Kratzer’s Fidelio production from the Royal Ballet and Opera seems to tacitly pose this question. As a concept, it does take Beethoven’s only opera to a new and interesting place. Originally […]

This Eugene Onegin is a production very much worth seeing with the highlights being the singing of Mkhitaryan and Avetisyan. Catch it until 14th October at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London – Review