Reading Time: 2 minutes“Cinderella is back but not as we know it“ One of Gioachino Rossini’s most popular operas, La Cenerentola has been making a comeback in recent years. Director Julia Burbach has chosen to present an English version of the Italian…
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Natasha Page who makes her debut with English Touring Opera as Adina in a new production of Donizetti's 'The Elixir of Love', which opens at Hackney Empire on 27 September before touring across the country, tickets are available here.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLucia di Lammermoor, composed by Gaetano Donizetti, ticks many of the quintessential opera boxes – dramatic melodies, star-crossed lovers, and a fatally tragic ending.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBecoming Tosca by Prologue Opera – whose mission is to explore the backstories of characters from well-known classics – is presented as part of the 2025 Grimeborn Festival at the Arcola Theatre. The production combines new music by Frank Moon with an abridged version of Puccini’s original score, interspersed with theatrical dialogue, all translated and written in English.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this interpretation of Verdi’s Falstaff set in 1946, the action begins with the fat, balding Falstaff (Renato Girolami) presenting his plan to seduce two wealthy women, Alice (Anna Princeva) and Meg (Stephanie Lauricella), to pay his debts.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTristan Und Isolde is a epic for the ages. With themes of love, life, and death there is nothing out there quite like this.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis contemporary operatic take on a classic story is visually rich and musically dramatic, brought to life by a talented group of young singers Contemporary operas can seem daunting or inaccessible to many theatre-goers, but familiar stories…
Reading Time: 2 minutesA modernized rom-com-pera by Baseless Fabric Theatre, Elixir of Love (Reimagined), gives audiences a swift and energizing performance, though occasionally camp in its updated contemporary references.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn incredibly talented cast let down by technical mishaps and confused staging Mozart’s The Magic Flute is the story of Prince Tamino, who falls in love with Pamina, daughter of The Queen of the Night. Upon discovering…
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Valeria Perboni and William Eley from Opera Greenwich whose production of The Magic Flute runs at Greenwich Theatre London from 20th - 22nd June.