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Dame Kiri's Lifetime honour
Soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa to receive Lifetime Achievement Award.
08 Feb 2010
Lucia di Lammermoor at English National Opera, review
Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor at ENO comes up blazingly fresh in this revival of David Alden's production. Rating: * * * * *
05 Feb 2010
Regrettably, how performers are dressed does matter
Blog Opera Chic's comments on performers' concert clothing highlight the importance of appearance on stage.
04 Feb 2010
Opera North's Ruddigore
Rupert Christiansen on a slice of pure operetta bliss. Rating: * * * *
01 Feb 2010
The Rake’s Progress at the Royal Opera House and Blessed Spirit at the Wigmore Hall
A dull staging of The Rake's Progress (rating: * *) and a better, but still flawed, Blessed Spirit (rating: * * *).
26 Jan 2010
War and Peace at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow
A simple and effective colaboration between Scottish Opera and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Rating: * * *
26 Jan 2010
'Popstar to Operastar' is only a television show, Rupert
Vulgar trash? Popstar to Operastar's Rolando Villazon replies to his fiercest critic
26 Jan 2010
The adventure Joyce DiDonato would rather not repeat
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato talks to Adam Sweeting about guilt, false modesty – and recovering from breaking her leg on stage
26 Jan 2010
Anna Netrebko and Dmitri Hvorostovsky at the Royal Festival Hall
Rupert Christiansen is impressed by this concert given by the two Russian operatic superstars. Rating: * * * *
22 Jan 2010
Popstar to Operastar accused of 'exploiting' opera
Popstar to Operastar, the television show, has been criticised by trained opera singers who claim it is “exploiting” the art form.
18 Jan 2010
Big freeze: Johnson Beharry VC dismayed by lack of backbone
Johnson Beharry, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing two comrades under heavy fire in Iraq, has been dismayed by the lack of backbone shown by some during the present cold snap.
15 Jan 2010
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Elektra at the Barbican, review
Elektra at the Barbican is loud and relentless – but it was meant to be. Rating: * * * *
14 Jan 2010
Rolando Villazon interview
Tenor Rolando Villazón talks about his controversial new TV show, 'Pop Star to Opera Star’.
12 Jan 2010
Natasha Marsh's sleigh ride
The opera singer was forced to ride on a toboggan after recent heavy snow in Buckinghamshire almost caused her to miss her performance.
12 Jan 2010
'The fat lady won't sing'
Soprano Daniela Dessi quits over Franco Zeffirelli weight jibe.
08 Jan 2010
La Boheme by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House
Andris Nelsons' Covent Garden debut with a production of La Boheme was auspicious. Rating: * * *
21 Dec 2009
Costume exhibition celebrates Diaghilev's passion for opera
Serge Diaghilev, the impresario, is associated above all with the Ballets Russes, but his first love was music and it was opera that he initially brought to Paris.
15 Dec 2009
The Enchanted Pig at the Linbury Studio Theatre, review.
Opera Group's delightful production of Jonathan Dove's cutely concocted Enchanted Pig is that rare thing - an opera aimed at small children that's halfway decent. Rating: * * * *
14 Dec 2009
The LSO's Otello and the BOC's Othello
Rupert Christiansen finds two productions of Verdi's masterpiece get thrillingly to its heart
09 Dec 2009
Der Rosenkavalier at Covent Garden, review
The outstanding talent of young British soprano Lucy Crowe proved the most exciting element of this Royal Opera revival. Rating: * * *
08 Dec 2009
Messiah at the ENO, London Coliseum
This production of The Messiah is about the Christian message, not directorial ego. Rating: * * * *
30 Nov 2009
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