The Blue Woman: rape drama that’s cold to the point of numbness
Composer Laura Bowler, playwright Laura Lomas and director Katie Mitchell's new opera at the Linbury is full of rage but theatrically inert
Composer Laura Bowler, playwright Laura Lomas and director Katie Mitchell's new opera at the Linbury is full of rage but theatrically inert
The Grange Festival opener is a curious mix of invention and tradition, anchored by lovely singing but a slight dramatic lack
This mesmerising opera about the end of the world from Tom Coult and Alice Birch feels all too familiar as we emerge from the pandemic
In a new production of Bizet’s opera at Opera Holland Park, the you-go-girl air only occasionally stifles the singing and staging
Mozart’s penultimate opera reopens the ROH in uncompromisingly bleak style, with a production that brings the Roman setting up to date
Yesterday, Songs of Praise revealed the nation's Top 10 favourite Christmas Carols - Alexandra Coghlan tells the stories behind them
The new BBC Four documentary ‘Opera Mums’ is built on a fundamental misconception