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Salome at the London Coliseum

Conductor Martyn Brabbins brings Richard Strauss’s gorgeous music to life once...

Michael Higgs 29th September 2018
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The Second Violinist at the Barbican

Thrilling, visceral and unnerving. These are just some of the words that...

Selina Begum 7th September 2018
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The Turn of the Screw at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

A horror story in the most classical sense,...

Kari Megeed 27th June 2018
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TriOperas at the Peacock Theatre

Concept designer and director of TriOperas Pamela Tan-Nicholson attempts to...

Selina Begum 4th June 2018
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La Traviata at the London Coliseum

English National Opera has had a trying few years. Amid financial...

Juliet Evans 26th March 2018
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Philip Glass: Satyagraha at the London Coliseum

“Hold pleasure and pain, profit and loss, victory and defeat...

Anna Souter 2nd February 2018
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Tosca at the Royal Opera House

Puccini’s warhorse opera is inveterately popular. The convoluted and...

Juliet Evans 25th January 2018
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The Marriage of Kim K at Arcola Theatre

An ingenious melding of Mozart and pop culture, The Marriage of Kim K...

Catherine Sedgwick 26th July 2017
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La Traviata at the Royal Opera House

La Traviata: possibly one of the most beautiful and emotional operas ever...

Anna Souter 15th June 2017
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Madama Butterfly at the Royal Opera House

Madama Butterfly, first performed at the Royal Opera House in 2003...

Helena Snider 24th March 2017