Ring engagement
The Mash meets The Ring!
A show to make you afraid of the dark
Opera is the repository of everything crass and depraved in what is laughingly called European “civilisation”
When Kurt was better without Bert
Musical theatre forgets all but the smashiest hits from its past
Vivid nostalgia
The Cunning Little Vixen, Irish National Opera, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
All’s fair in love
Così fan tutte, English National Opera, Coliseum
An austere opera
Boris Godunov, Royal Opera
Show me what love is
Don Giovanni, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
Bring on the dinosaurs
For hardcore old opera buffers, there are still a few places of refuge
No laughing matter
Ariodante, Royal Opera
Expensive thrills
Turandot, Royal Opera
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