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Reviews
The Songs of Solomon by Salomone Rossi - Vache Baroque, St John’s Smith Square, London SW1. 4****: Clare Colvin.
“Choreography that flowed through the course of the evening.”
Photo Credit: The Photography Shed.
7 Deaths of Maria Callas - an opera project by Marina Abramović, English National Opera, The Coliseum, London WC2. 3***: Clare Colvin.
‘Over the top with a drama of divas.’
Photo Credit: Tristram Kenton
La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi The Coliseum, London WC2. 4**** Clare Colvin.
‘ENO’s gripping La Traviata is up to speed.’
Photo: Belinda Jiao
The Coronation of Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi, Hackney Empire, London E8. 3***: Clare Colvin.
‘Monteverdi’s greatest hit is updated in English Touring Opera contemporary new staging.’
Photo Credit: Richard Hubert Smith.
Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, English National Opera, The Coliseum, London WC2. 4****: Clare Colvin.
‘ENO triumphs with David Alden’s masterly Peter Grimes in defiant form.’
Photo Credit: Tom Bowles.
BBC Prom 49: Robert Schumann Das Paradies und die Peri, 22 August, 2023; Royal Albert Hall. 5*****: Clare Colvin
‘Outpouring of song exerts its romance in Schumann’s oriental fairy tale.’
Photo Credit: Mark Allan
BBC Prom 41: György Ligeti Lontano; Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major; Dmitry Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor. 4****: Clare Colvin
‘A pivotal moment of 1953 was linking up with the uncertain world of today.’
Photo Credit: BBC and Andy Paradise
Itch by Jonathan Dove and Alasdair Middleton based on the Itch novels by Simon Mayo; Opera Holland Park, London W8. 4****: Clare Colvin
An enjoyable combining of opera and science.
Photo Credit: Craig Fuller
Sasha Regan’s All-Male “The Mikado”: Wilton’s Music Hall Graces Alley, Shadwell London E1 8JB. 4****: Clare Colvin
All-Male Gilbert and Sullivan operetta scores in fun-filled evening.
Photo Credit: Mark Senior
Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi 3, Opera Holland Park, London W8. 3***: Clare Colvin
Classic revenge drama with an Oxford twist.
Photo: Craig Fuller