Also in the Guardian

Whilst still on the subject of the Ring and the Guardian (isn't that an opera by Balfe?), there's an interesting article about Keith Warner taking time out from Covent Garden and Bayreuth to produced a new opera by Will Todd in Gateshead with a cast of locals. StreetWise Opera go from strength to strength. Alas, we won't be seeing the production in London, but they are doing something at the Almeida Opera Festival next year.