Strange happenings back in the USSR
The brilliant story of a Francis Bacon exhibition in Moscow
Too darn hot
Carmen still shocks and seduces
Theodora: an over-fussy feminist failure
With productions this bad, it is no surprise that nobody cares about opera
Musical Lessons
Could the jazz-hands pizzaz of musical theatre be just what opera needs?
Welcome to Londongrad
We promise to respect Her Majesty’s life tenancy of Buckingham Palace
Into the mystic
Contemporary debates over the “suitability” of many operas leaves us with only English productions
Ring of fire
The ENO’s production of The Valkyrie may lack flames, but it is convincing nonetheless
Hot Valks live!
While belly-laughs are not frequent, there’s terrific fun to be had in this massive soap-opera-style family melodrama
To the bitter end
Why on earth would we want to see the same tawdry old stories endlessly re-enacted?
Incel inside
The Russians assume we use Opera to project state power, I assure them that the government hate the arts