Gibbins’s new production of The Marriage of Figaro for English National Opera opened back in March 2020 for a single ...

Ridiculous costumes and shocking staging mean you'd be better off watching Joe Hill-Gibbins's production with your eyes shut ...

The plainness of the set puts a huge weight on the cast, but a witty book and masterful movement ensure that the show is a ...

Drained as they are at present of crucial funds, WNO are managing to put on only two operas this spring, and spaced out to ...

We see a flash of Cherubino caught in flagrante with Barbarina; a huddle of household ... complicated side plot in which Figaro nearly marries his mother). Most importantly, the singing is excellent.

The first surprise is the blank canvas bare staging, against which the protagonists pose and present themselves during the ...