The Critics

A review of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Opera Holland Park

Soderbergh’s misses are better than a lot of other people’s hits

Every reference you pick up on opens a new horizon

“Operation Mincemeat” does not quite live up to the hype

Queer culture turns to nostalgia and death

When necessary engagement becomes collaboration is an unspoken question

Rodelinda, at Garsington Opera, lacks real attention to character or relationship

The Covent Garden Semele uses the bad-faith tricks of the director’s shabby trade

Other singers presented Lieder recitals; Fischer-Dieskau personified the art form

The consummate playwright of the obscure workings of the human heart