Whenever a new work comes to the Royal Opera House stage, thoughts tend to focus on the simple question of whether it is a hit or a miss. The general consensus in 2008 was that Sir Harrison Birtwistle ...
Benjamin Britten’s Phaedra – a work he called a cantata but which is more like sung psychodrama – uses the poet Robert Lowell’s translation of Racine’s Phèdre to explore the fallout from the character ...
2 THE GUILTY FEMINIST, RICH HALL & SLAY Among Shows Set For Gilded Balloon 2026 Edinburgh Fringe Programme Deborah Warner has staged a range of works performed by The Royal Opera, including the ...
The World Premiere of The Minotaur showed us a more mellow and mature Harrison Birtwistle than we’ve heard in his stage works before. There may be less thrilling showiness on display than in The Mask ...