Cultures: Arts Reviews and Views by Susan TailbyGuau! Carmen @ Royal Opera House, LondonEveryone keeps moving all the time in this production, no-one is background scenery. Aigul Akhmetshina is full throttle, literally giving…May 2
OperabaseWhat Is The Theme Of Puccini’s Tosca?The great Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca is one of his most well-known works. The three-act opera is set in the “Eternal City” of Rome at the turn…Sep 1, 2021
Cultures: Arts Reviews and Views by Susan TailbyMaking Opera While The Sun Shines: L’elisir d’amore, Royal Opera House, LondonOpera. Haybales. People singing on the haybales. It could only be a rom-com (or opera buffa) from Donizetti. Enjoy the peril of an opera…Oct 10, 2023Oct 10, 2023
Cultures: Arts Reviews and Views by Susan TailbyHe Is The Don: Don Carlos, Royal Opera HouseColossal even by opera standards, four hours of made up history, monumental royal romance, tragedy, betrayal and treachery with a gorgeous…Jul 18, 2023Jul 18, 2023
Cultures: Arts Reviews and Views by Susan TailbyAida, Royal Opera HouseI love an Italian opera, but this was the first one I didn’t like. Nothing to do with the artists, singing, music or that tune (so good, it…May 28, 2023May 28, 2023
Cultures: Arts Reviews and Views by Susan TailbyGuau! Carmen @ Royal Opera House, LondonEveryone keeps moving all the time in this production, no-one is background scenery. Aigul Akhmetshina is full throttle, literally giving…May 2
OperabaseWhat Is The Theme Of Puccini’s Tosca?The great Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca is one of his most well-known works. The three-act opera is set in the “Eternal City” of Rome at the turn…Sep 1, 2021
Cultures: Arts Reviews and Views by Susan TailbyMaking Opera While The Sun Shines: L’elisir d’amore, Royal Opera House, LondonOpera. Haybales. People singing on the haybales. It could only be a rom-com (or opera buffa) from Donizetti. Enjoy the peril of an opera…Oct 10, 2023
Cultures: Arts Reviews and Views by Susan TailbyHe Is The Don: Don Carlos, Royal Opera HouseColossal even by opera standards, four hours of made up history, monumental royal romance, tragedy, betrayal and treachery with a gorgeous…Jul 18, 2023
Cultures: Arts Reviews and Views by Susan TailbyAida, Royal Opera HouseI love an Italian opera, but this was the first one I didn’t like. Nothing to do with the artists, singing, music or that tune (so good, it…May 28, 2023
Chappell & McCullarDe-accession redux, or ‘Sell the Hockney’A headline in yesterday’s Guardian read:Oct 13, 2020
Ben LunnThe Royal Opera House’s Flag Waving2020 has started with a bang, an entire continent on fire, Trump running us into World War III, and Britain has doomed itself to a few…Jan 3, 2020