I'll think of something later

In a departure from the usual format for my Opera in Depth terms at Pushkin House - two operas over ten Monday afternoons, one in the ca...

I did it - sent Br ü nnhilde to sleep on the rock surrounded by fire after nearly 20 hours of lectures and screenings for the Wagner Soc...

The new season is upon us - at the Royal Opera, it's kicked off  with two revivals of very flawed productions which may yield good sing...

Well, Brecht's brilliant 20th century mythic invention of Mahagonny was only ever a paradise for fools, and the trouble in Wagne...

It's actually something about 'harshing the vibe' which a transfigured Royal Opera Chorus sings in the company's smash-hit...

So many premature auguries of Autumn recently that I'm loath to accept we may be almost there. The prognostications included the winds w...