For one of the best-known and most frequently staged of Verdi’s opera, Rigoletto can prove at times quite frustrating. There is a…
Verdi Requiem: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales and the Crouch End Festival Chorus
July 25, 2024Proms 2024 Prom 6: Verdi’s Requiem Under the baton of Ryan Bancroft, the principal conductor of BBC National Orchestra of…
The Tempest, Cardiff Open AIr Festival
June 23, 2024**** It doesn’t quite feel like Summer in Cardiff until the Open Air Theatre Festival is on. Coming to Sophia…
Cardiff-born tenor Sam Furness sings Nero at Grange Festival
June 15, 2024**** Grange Festival, HampshireIt would seem the contemporary version of achieving the feeling of absolute authority, power over everyone including…
Cinderella, Swansea Grand Theatre
December 13, 2023For many years, there has been a winning formula to staging a successful pantomime at Swansea Grand Theatre: put record-breaking…
The First XXXmas: A Very Naughty-tivity, Wales Mllennium Centre
December 9, 2023**** This might at first seem a shockingly blasphemous take on the Christmas story with drag star Polly Amorous…
Castellana, the Spiegeltent, Sophia Gardens
December 8, 2023***** Trying to tag a label on Castellana at the Spiegeltent is a tricky business; combining excellent circus skills,…
Sleeping Beauty The Rock’n’Roll Panto, Theatr Clwyd
December 6, 2023**** I’ve been lucky enough to review the annual Rock’n’Roll panto for quite a few years. This year’s production…
Shrek the Musical, Wales Millennium Centre
November 21, 2023** Shrek the Musical by Megan Callaghan, age 13. Shrek the musical is based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks film and…
Natalya Romaniw’s dream Royal Opera debut
December 14, 2022Nearly 40 years have passed since the last time a British soprano sang Tosca at Covent Garden and that was…