On Opera
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
Expensive thrills
Turandot, Royal Opera
Relationship status: it’s complicated
Partenope, English National Opera, Coliseum
Case closed
The Makropulos Case, Royal Opera
Nun gives new opera mass appeal
Heggie’s secret in Dead Man Walking is that operatic music doesn’t actually have to be much good
The nun’s tale
Dead Man Walking, English National Opera, Coliseum
All of a sudden … it’s Handel time!
Until about yesterday, “opera” meant “Romantic opera”
The shepherd’s dream
Giustino, Linbury Theatre
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