Once on the opera stage, Horne thrived, on one occasion receiving a seven-minute applause mid-act at La Scala, and also sang at the 1993 presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton. Farinelli was the ...
At a time when Wagner seems ever more potent (with the Royal Opera continuing its Ring cycle and Grange Park Opera planning one for 2026-30), Glyndebourne’s new production matches their ...
Guth’s symbolic, psychologically probing production seems more potent than ever with Hrusa at the helm. The musical directorship of the Royal Opera is, on this showing, in safe hands.
Blue has won two Grammy Awards, one for Gershwin’s Porgy And Bess, as well as Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones (both for Best Opera Recording). A former beauty pageant champion ...
Review: JENŮFA, Royal Ballet And Opera by Alexander Cohen - January 16, 2025 It’s a mistake to dismiss Claus Guth’s production of Janacek’s Jenůfa as symbolically overwrought and ...