It’s a mark of the prestigious nature of Cardiff’s Festival of Voice that it’s managed to attract some of the…
In Parenthesis, WNO at WMC
May 15, 2016Marking both the centenary of the Battle of Mametz Wood, Wales’ blackest of innumerable black episodes of the Great War,…
Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra, Concerto DSCH and Sacre, WMC
April 17, 2016While the audience gave this iconic company a rousing reception I couldn’t help feeling the evening was just a little…
Figaro Gets a Divorce, WNO
February 22, 2016Beaumarchais, the creator of Figaro, wrote three plays about his creation. The first two, The Barber of Seville and The…
Henry VI, Omidaze Productions and Wales Millenium Centre.
February 5, 2016The nerdier, or should I say more eagle-eyed, of you Shakespeareans will have noticed no subtitle in the header…
Orlando, Handel WNO at WMC
September 28, 2015There is nothing like a nicely vague concept to get the brain into a twizzle at the start of an…
Alternative Routes, NDCWales
June 27, 2015The name Alternative Routes for this choreographic try out scheme for dancers was set up by Ann Sholem and Roy…
Danielle Fahiya reviews Pelléas et Mélisande, WNO
May 30, 2015The statement is often made that Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande is among one of the most influential operas in history…
Sam Pryce review Pelléas et Mélisande, WNO
May 30, 2015Based on Maeterlinck’s now-obscure Symbolist play of the same name, Debussy’s only full-length opera Pelléas et Mélisande is a sensuously…