The countertenor shone in the title role, but this was a musically uneven account of Handel’s oratorio
Strauss’s opera has undergone a contemporary rethink but feels underpowered in the London Coliseum
Two concerts that featured commemorative new pieces, modern classics — and an inspirational Beethoven’s Ninth
This commissioned new opera has some impressive orchestral music and a resourceful cast
A warmly blended, grandiloquent performance, rather than one that taps into the drama’s wit and political intrigue
A simple, touching production of Monteverdi’s opera
The composer is lucky to have Susan Bickley, Roderick Williams and Psappha perform brilliantly in this interesting disc
Andrea Carroll makes a bewitching Mélisande in Debussy’s decadent opera
Ryan Wigglesworth’s new work, premiered at the London Coliseum, has music of glancing beauties
The Royal Opera experiments with a more informal venue for Michael Boyd’s Monteverdi production
The performance is notable mostly for its elegant, sensitively-modulated musicianship
The London opera season begins with strong productions at the Coliseum and Covent Garden
A lavish production of Turnage’s quasi-opera that suggested much snazzy ado about not much at all
WNO’s production, conducted by Lothar Koenigs, is a glorious, engrossing evening of opera
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