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Review archive

March 2024 1
- Mar 28, 2024 Verdi - Requiem - South West Essex Choir Mar 28, 2024
February 2024 1
- Feb 22, 2024 2024 Royal Opera House Operas - A Mixed Review Feb 22, 2024
December 2023 1
- Dec 20, 2023 Grand Théâtre de Genève - Der Rosenkavalier - Strauss - 13 December 2023 Dec 20, 2023
October 2023 2
- Oct 23, 2023 The Royal Opera House Oct 23, 2023
- Oct 2, 2023 Parsifal - Wagner - The Bayreuth Festival Oct 2, 2023
August 2023 1
- Aug 30, 2023 Summer Opera 2023 Aug 30, 2023
June 2023 1
- Jun 8, 2023 Wagner Fest - Regents Opera, Longborough, Vienna Staatsoper - 23, 31 May, 2 June 2023 Jun 8, 2023
May 2023 1
- May 14, 2023 Jonah World Premiere - Ian Fletcher - Cadogan Hall London - 9 May 2023 May 14, 2023
April 2023 1
- Apr 28, 2023 Innocence - Saariaho - Royal Opera House - 26 April 2023 Apr 28, 2023
March 2023 1
- Mar 30, 2023 The Dead City - Korngold - English National Opera - 28 March 2023 Mar 30, 2023
February 2023 2
- Feb 22, 2023 The Rhinegold - Wagner - English National Opera - 18 February 2023 Feb 22, 2023
- Feb 14, 2023 Tannhäuser - Wagner - Royal Opera House - 1 & 12 February 2023 Feb 14, 2023
December 2022 1
- Dec 15, 2022 It's a Wonderful Life - Heggie - English National Opera Dec 15, 2022
November 2022 2
- Nov 16, 2022 #LoveENO - Sign the Petition Nov 16, 2022
- Nov 7, 2022 Death of the English National Opera Nov 7, 2022
October 2022 2
- Oct 27, 2022 Tosca - Puccini - English National Opera - 30 September 2022 Oct 27, 2022
- Oct 3, 2022 Summer Opera 2022 Oct 3, 2022
August 2022 1
- Aug 18, 2022 Der fliegende Holländer & Lohengrin - Wagner - The Bayreuth Festival - 6 & 7 August 2022 Aug 18, 2022
July 2022 1
- Jul 11, 2022 Macbeth - Verdi - The Grange Festival - 5 July 2022 Jul 11, 2022
March 2022 2
- Mar 23, 2022 Peter Grimes - Britten - Royal Opera House - 17 March 2022 Mar 23, 2022
- Mar 1, 2022 Rigoletto - Verdi - Royal Opera House - 21 February 2022 Mar 1, 2022
February 2022 2
- Feb 14, 2022 La bohème - Puccini - ENO - 31 January 2022 Feb 14, 2022
- Feb 14, 2022 National Opera Studio - Cadogan Hall - Wednesday 19th of January 2022 Feb 14, 2022
January 2022 3
- Jan 28, 2022 Nabucco - Verdi - Friday 14 January 2022 - Royal Opera House Jan 28, 2022
- Jan 13, 2022 New Year's Eve Ball Concert - 30 December 2021 - Concert Hall Vatroslav Lisinski Jan 13, 2022
- Jan 13, 2022 Die Walküre - Wagner – 7 December 2021 Jan 13, 2022
December 2021 1
- Dec 7, 2021 Zingari - Leoncavallo - Friday 3rd of December 2021 Dec 7, 2021
October 2021 2
- Oct 28, 2021 Concert by Members of the Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra 26 October 2021 Oct 28, 2021
- Oct 20, 2021 The Covid Journey Oct 20, 2021
September 2021 3
- Sep 23, 2021 Proms 2021 - Wednesday 8th of September Sep 23, 2021
- Sep 21, 2021 OPERA IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE Sep 21, 2021
- Sep 20, 2021 Opera - Kát’a Kabanová Sep 20, 2021
October 2020 1
- Oct 26, 2020 Opera Mayhem in Basel Oct 26, 2020
September 2020 1
- Sep 22, 2020 La Boheme – Puccini – ENO – Alexandra Palace Drive-In Sep 22, 2020
August 2020 2
- Aug 8, 2020 Madama Butterfly – Puccini – Puccini Festival Torre del Lago Aug 8, 2020
- Aug 1, 2020 Elektra –Strauss – Salzburg Festspiele 2020 Aug 1, 2020
June 2020 1
- Jun 9, 2020 My Favourite Opera Scenes & Arias (Part 2) Jun 9, 2020
May 2020 2
- May 6, 2020 Stricken arts world keeps us going, so help it now. May 6, 2020
- May 1, 2020 My Favourite Opera Scenes & Arias May 1, 2020
March 2020 2
- Mar 6, 2020 Luisa Miller – Verdi – English National Opera Mar 6, 2020
- Mar 1, 2020 Fidelio – Beethoven – Royal Opera House Mar 1, 2020
February 2020 4
- Feb 26, 2020 Madam Butterfly – Puccini – English National Opera Feb 26, 2020
- Feb 13, 2020 Agrippina – Handel – Metropolitan Opera New York Feb 13, 2020
- Feb 11, 2020 Maxim Vengerov – Carnegie Hall New York Feb 11, 2020
- Feb 8, 2020 Alice's Adventures Under Ground – Royal Opera House Feb 8, 2020
January 2020 3
- Jan 29, 2020 Carmen – Bizet – English National Opera Jan 29, 2020
- Jan 17, 2020 Cosi fan tutte – Mozart – Nice Opera France Jan 17, 2020
- Jan 10, 2020 La Boheme – Puccini – Royal Opera House Jan 10, 2020
December 2019 3
- Dec 17, 2019 La Traviata – Verdi – Royal Opera House Dec 17, 2019
- Dec 14, 2019 La Boheme – Puccini – Theater Basel Switzerland Dec 14, 2019
- Dec 9, 2019 Otello – Verdi – Royal Opera House Dec 9, 2019
November 2019 3
- Nov 22, 2019 Rigoletto – Verdi – Welsh National Opera Nov 22, 2019
- Nov 20, 2019 Samling & Katerina Mina Nov 20, 2019
- Nov 15, 2019 Orphee – Glass – English National Opera Nov 15, 2019
October 2019 3
- Oct 25, 2019 La cucina - Synnott / Adina - Rossini & Don Quichotte – Massenet Oct 25, 2019
- Oct 11, 2019 Les Contes d'Hoffmann – Offenbach - Bayerische Staatsoper Munich Oct 11, 2019
- Oct 5, 2019 Milly Forrest – St Michael & all Angels Church Oct 5, 2019
September 2019 4
- Sep 26, 2019 Carmen - Bizet - Copenhagen Sep 26, 2019
- Sep 23, 2019 Agrippina – Handel – Royal Opera House Sep 23, 2019
- Sep 20, 2019 Werther – Massenet – Royal Opera House Sep 20, 2019
- Sep 11, 2019 Einstein on the Beach – Glass – Grand Theatre Geneva Sep 11, 2019
August 2019 1
- Aug 18, 2019 Aida – Verdi – Arena di Verona Italy Aug 18, 2019
July 2019 2
- Jul 11, 2019 La Fille du regiment – Donizetti – Royal Opera House Jul 11, 2019
- Jul 6, 2019 Salome – Strauss – Bayerische Staatsoper Munich Jul 6, 2019
June 2019 8
- Jun 29, 2019 Rusalka – Dvorak – Glyndebourne Jun 29, 2019
- Jun 28, 2019 Un ballo in maschera – Verdi – Opera Holland Park – Young Artist Performance Jun 28, 2019
- Jun 19, 2019 Boris Godunov - Musorgsky – Royal Opera House Jun 19, 2019
- Jun 17, 2019 Hansel & Gretel – Humperdinck – English National Opera & Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Jun 17, 2019
- Jun 13, 2019 Madama Butterfly – Puccini – Diva Opera at Syon Park & Children with Cancer UK Jun 13, 2019
- Jun 9, 2019 Das Rheingold – Wagner – Longborough Festival Opera Jun 9, 2019
- Jun 7, 2019 Falstaff – Verdi – The Grange Festival Jun 7, 2019
- Jun 6, 2019 Don Carlo – Verdi – Grange Park Opera Jun 6, 2019
May 2019 5
- May 27, 2019 Tosca – Puccini – Royal Opera House May 27, 2019
- May 20, 2019 Andrea Chenier – Giordano – Royal Opera House May 20, 2019
- May 16, 2019 Rigoletto – Verdi – Vienna State Opera May 16, 2019
- May 15, 2019 Phaedra – Henze – Linbury Theatre – Royal Opera House May 15, 2019
- May 8, 2019 Devotion and Desire – National Opera Studio May 8, 2019
April 2019 5
- Apr 23, 2019 Billy Budd – Britten – Royal Opera House Apr 23, 2019
- Apr 17, 2019 La forza del destino – Verdi – Royal Opera House Apr 17, 2019
- Apr 15, 2019 Faust – Gounod – Royal Opera House Apr 15, 2019
- Apr 10, 2019 La Traviata – Verdi – Metropolitan Opera New York Apr 10, 2019
- Apr 7, 2019 Mirga Leads Tchaikovsky – LA Philharmonic – Los Angeles Walt Disney Concert Hall Apr 7, 2019
March 2019 2
- Mar 2, 2019 Elisabetta I – Rossini – Hackney Empire Mar 2, 2019
- Mar 1, 2019 Merry Widow – Franz Lehar – English National Opera Mar 1, 2019
February 2019 4
- Feb 28, 2019 Akhnaten - Philip Glass - English National Opera Feb 28, 2019
- Feb 19, 2019 Cyprus High Commission – St Martin’s Embassy & Cultural Institute Series – St Martin-in-the-Fields Feb 19, 2019
- Feb 12, 2019 Un Ballo in Maschera – Verdi – Israeli Opera – Tel Aviv Israel Feb 12, 2019
- Feb 4, 2019 Katya Kabanova – Janacek – Royal Opera House Feb 4, 2019
January 2019 4
- Jan 25, 2019 Don Pasquale – Donizetti – Dusseldorf Opera Germany Jan 25, 2019
- Jan 18, 2019 National Opera Studio 40th Anniversary at Cadogan Hall Jan 18, 2019
- Jan 18, 2019 The Queen of Spades – Tchaikovsky - Royal Opera House Jan 18, 2019
- Jan 14, 2019 La Traviata – Verdi – Royal Opera House Jan 14, 2019
December 2018 2
- Dec 23, 2018 Manon Lescaut - Jules Massenet - Stavros Niarchos Foundation - Athens Greece Dec 23, 2018
- Dec 13, 2018 Hansel and Gretel - Humperdinck - Royal Opera House Dec 13, 2018
November 2018 6
- Nov 30, 2018 Carmen – Bizet – Royal Opera House Nov 30, 2018
- Nov 27, 2018 Simon Boccanegra - Verdi - Royal Opera House Nov 27, 2018
- Nov 26, 2018 La Boheme – Puccini – English National Opera Nov 26, 2018
- Nov 21, 2018 Le Villi (or Les Willis or The Fairies) – Puccini – Royal Festival Hall Nov 21, 2018
- Nov 16, 2018 War Requiem at the English National Opera Nov 16, 2018
- Nov 10, 2018 Werther – Jules Massenet – Israeli Opera Nov 10, 2018
October 2018 4
- Oct 25, 2018 Lucia di Lammermoor at the English National Opera Oct 25, 2018
- Oct 23, 2018 Verdi's Requiem at the Royal Opera House Oct 23, 2018
- Oct 11, 2018 Porgy & Bess at the English National Opera Oct 11, 2018
- Oct 1, 2018 Götterdämmerung at the Royal Opera House Oct 1, 2018
September 2018 5
- Sep 28, 2018 Salome by the English National Opera Sep 28, 2018
- Sep 26, 2018 Die Walkure at the Royal Opera House Sep 26, 2018
- Sep 24, 2018 Das Rheingold at the Royal Opera House Sep 24, 2018
- Sep 16, 2018 The Four Sopranos by Friends of Israel Opera Sep 16, 2018
- Sep 8, 2018 Paul Bunyan by the ENO at the Wilton's Music Hall Sep 8, 2018
July 2018 3
- Jul 27, 2018 Ariadne auf Naxos at Opera Holland Park Jul 27, 2018
- Jul 9, 2018 Don Giovanni at the Royal Opera House Jul 9, 2018
- Jul 7, 2018 Falstaff at the Royal Opera House Jul 7, 2018
June 2018 8
- Jun 22, 2018 Il barbiere di Siviglia at The Grange Festival Jun 22, 2018
- Jun 20, 2018 La Bohème at the Royal Opera House Jun 20, 2018
- Jun 17, 2018 Mamzer Bastard at the Royal Opera House / Hackney Empire Jun 17, 2018
- Jun 16, 2018 Madama Butterfly & Der Rosenkavalier at Glyndebourne Jun 16, 2018
- Jun 11, 2018 La traviata Young Artists at Opera Holland Park Jun 11, 2018
- Jun 9, 2018 Un Ballo in Maschera at Grange Park Opera Jun 9, 2018
- Jun 7, 2018 Opera Blog - Lohengrin Jun 7, 2018
- Jun 1, 2018 Capriccio at Garsington Jun 1, 2018
April 2018 4
- Apr 28, 2018 Lucia de Lammermoor at the Metropolitan Opera Apr 28, 2018
- Apr 27, 2018 Chess at the English National Opera Apr 27, 2018
- Apr 12, 2018 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Royal Opera House Apr 12, 2018
- Apr 6, 2018 Eliahu Inbal: Mahler 6 at the Singapore Esplanade Concert Hall Apr 6, 2018
March 2018 7
- Mar 29, 2018 Marriage of Figaro at the English National Opera Mar 29, 2018
- Mar 28, 2018 Michael Zaoui Premiere with the Aurora Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall Mar 28, 2018
- Mar 25, 2018 Macbeth at the Royal Opera House Mar 25, 2018
- Mar 17, 2018 Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci at the Geneva Opera House Mar 17, 2018
- Mar 16, 2018 La Traviata at the English National Opera Mar 16, 2018
- Mar 14, 2018 From the House of the Dead at the Royal Opera House Mar 14, 2018
- Mar 1, 2018 A Midsummer Night's Dream at the English National Opera Mar 1, 2018
February 2018 4
- Feb 16, 2018 Ian Fletcher's 70th Birthday Concert at The Temple Church London Feb 16, 2018
- Feb 13, 2018 Iolanthe at the English National Opera Feb 13, 2018
- Feb 6, 2018 Carmen at the Royal Opera House Feb 6, 2018
- Feb 1, 2018 Satyagraha at the English National Opera Feb 1, 2018
January 2018 2
- Jan 8, 2018 Salome at the Royal Opera House Jan 8, 2018
- Jan 6, 2018 Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House Jan 6, 2018
December 2017 3
- Dec 16, 2017 La Boheme at Opera Bastille Paris Dec 16, 2017
- Dec 8, 2017 Semiramide at the Royal Opera House Dec 8, 2017
- Dec 2, 2017 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci at the Royal Opera House Dec 2, 2017
November 2017 1
- Nov 24, 2017 Verdi's Requiem at the Metropolitan Opera House Nov 24, 2017
October 2017 5
- Oct 30, 2017 Lucia di Lammermoor at the Royal Opera House Oct 30, 2017
- Oct 27, 2017 Margherita & Risurrezione at Wexford Opera Oct 27, 2017
- Oct 15, 2017 The Pearl Fishers at LA Opera Oct 15, 2017
- Oct 5, 2017 Barber of Seville at English National Opera Oct 5, 2017
- Oct 1, 2017 Das Wunder der Heliane at Vlaanderen Opera House Antwerp Oct 1, 2017
September 2017 2
- Sep 28, 2017 Aida at the English National Opera Sep 28, 2017
- Sep 11, 2017 La Boheme at Royal Opera House Sep 11, 2017
August 2017 1
- Aug 15, 2017 Passages by Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass Aug 15, 2017
July 2017 5
- Jul 30, 2017 Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor 'Choral' Jul 30, 2017
- Jul 9, 2017 Voice of Glory at the Top of the World at the Wuhan Music Academy Jul 9, 2017
- Jul 5, 2017 Turandot at The Royal Opera House Jul 5, 2017
- Jul 3, 2017 The Dream of Gerontius at the Royal Festival Hall Jul 3, 2017
- Jul 3, 2017 Il Turco in Italia at Garsington Opera Jul 3, 2017
June 2017 7
- Jun 22, 2017 Otello at the Royal Opera House Jun 22, 2017
- Jun 21, 2017 Sadko at Vlaanderen Opera in Ghent Jun 21, 2017
- Jun 15, 2017 La Traviata at the Royal Opera House Jun 15, 2017
- Jun 12, 2017 Yardbird at Hackney Empire, London Jun 12, 2017
- Jun 12, 2017 L'elisir d'amore at the Royal Opera House Jun 12, 2017
- Jun 10, 2017 Tosca at the Grange Park Opera Jun 10, 2017
- Jun 7, 2017 La Rondine at Opera Holland Park Jun 7, 2017
April 2017 2
- Apr 12, 2017 Carousel at the English National Opera Apr 12, 2017
- Apr 2, 2017 Meistersinger at the Royal Opera House - The Last Night! Apr 2, 2017
March 2017 5
- Mar 31, 2017 Madama Butterfly at the Royal Opera House Mar 31, 2017
- Mar 28, 2017 ENO Gala Concert hosted at the Rosewood Hotel Mar 28, 2017
- Mar 16, 2017 Partenope at the English National Opera Mar 16, 2017
- Mar 13, 2017 Die Meistersinger at the Royal Opera House Mar 13, 2017
- Mar 9, 2017 Just Call Me God at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg Mar 9, 2017
February 2017 3
- Feb 28, 2017 The Winter's Tale at the English National Opera - A World Premiere Feb 28, 2017
- Feb 8, 2017 Adriana Lecouvreur at the Royal Opera House Feb 8, 2017
- Feb 3, 2017 Rigoletto at the English National Opera Feb 3, 2017
January 2017 2
- Jan 18, 2017 Rosenkavalier at the Royal Opera House Jan 18, 2017
- Jan 16, 2017 Die Walküre, Wiesbaden, Germany Jan 16, 2017
December 2016 1
- Dec 21, 2016 Rosenkavalier at the Royal Opera House Dec 21, 2016
November 2016 3
- Nov 28, 2016 Manon Lescaut at the Royal Opera House Nov 28, 2016
- Nov 10, 2016 Lulu at the English National Opera Nov 10, 2016
- Nov 8, 2016 Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Royal Opera House Nov 8, 2016