Drained as they are at present of crucial funds, WNO are managing to put on only two operas this spring, and spaced out to the point where it could hardly be called a season. For their new Peter ...

Good singing, great acting, magnificent humour and even some surprising dancing all add up to an excellent production of ...

The first surprise is the blank canvas bare staging, against which the protagonists pose and present themselves during the overture. Hill-Gibbins says he likes to strip down and simplify, especially a ...

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

First seen 18 years ago, David McVicar's Royal Opera staging of "The Marriage of Figaro" is back for its 11th revival. The show "still gets plenty of laughs", said Richard Morrison in The Times ...