There is something about the programmes of the last few ENO seasons which makes you wonder whether they've gone off dramatic sopranos. T...

A couple of year's ago, when I was casting round for a new operatic project, an acquaintance sent me a copy of one of their one-act play...

My review of Handel's Judas Maccabeus from the Ama Deus ensemble is here , on MusicWeb International. Live performances on disc are alw...

Rupert Christiansen has an interesting piece over at the Telegraph. He comments on the fact that there is little that is English or National...

My review of Simon Mayr's Tobiae matrimonium is here , on MusicWeb International. A charming piece, charmingly performed ...

Whilst in the USA, we visited Central City and took a trip round the opera house there. Central City is a Colorado gold rush town and dates ...

To the Cadogan Hall on Monday for the final Chamber Music Prom. Counter-tenor Iestyn Davies and harpsichordist Richard Egarr aided and abett...

Chelsea Opera Group have started to announce casting for their concert performance of Gluck's Alceste (the French version) on November ...

My review of the concert performance of Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix from Royal Opera, Covent Garden, is here on Music and Vision

To the Royal Opera House last night for the first night of their concert performance of Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix with Eglise Guti...

My review of British Youth Opera's Rossini double bill is here , on Music and Vision.

Sunday evening was Handel's Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall, sung by a choir of some 260 young people from the CBSO Youth Chorus, Hall...

My review of John Eccles Judgement of Paris recorded by Christian Curnyn and the Early Opera Company is here . A forgotten gem which deserv...

Whilst in Santa Fe, my new net-book develop rather worrying problems which made accessing the internet rather more problematic than usual. A...

Writer Tim Satterthwaite and composer Elfyn Jones have come up with a striking premise for their new opera, Jacko's Hour ; set on in a f...

My review of Victoria's Missa O Quam Gloriosum from Il Convitto Armonico is here . A welcome touch of warmth and vibrancy of tone ... A...

Music and Vision has a review by Maria Nockin of all of Santa Fe's operas here , providing a different view point (and more pictures).

Whilst in Santa Fe, I interviewed Christine Brewer, who sang the title role in Gluck's Alceste at Santa Fe Opera this summer. The inter...

My review of Alceste from Santa Fe Opera, with Christine Brewer in the title role is here , on MusicWeb International/Seen and Heard.

We are currently in Santa Fe, attending the opera festival there. The opera house is a striking modern building housing some 2000 seats and ...