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L’Amour de Loin is a truly epic love affair

06.07.09

Gorgeous is the word for Kaija Saariaho’s L’Amour de Loin, which gets its British premiere at the Coliseum.... more

Julietta brought alive by staging

30.03.09

Belohlávek kept things moving, making smooth transitions between speech and song, and reaching a powerful conclusion in Julietta.... more

The Magic Flute unleashes inspiring voice

26.01.09

The Magic Flute, which ends with the dawning of an ill-defined age of sunshine and loveliness, opens in Obama-week.... more

Dahl and the giant music festival for young people

15.12.08

A music festival inspired by the children's works of Roald Dahl is being held at Kings Place - the new arts centre at King's Cross... more

Opera acrobatics as ENO looks to the circus

24.11.08

The excitement of the big top will come to the Coliseum when circus director Daniele Finzi Pasca takes over in the summer... more

Opening Ceremony is fit for a king

02.10.08

No need for balloons or fanfares. The new Kings Place provides its own architectural drama in Opening Ceremony.... more

Rags to riches story in La Boheme

14.07.08

The irony of this staging of La Bohčme is that to create Puccini's Bohemian world of impecunious pleasure and pain, a ton of money must be spent. ... more

Pilgrim's Progress brought to life

23.06.08

The Pilgrim's Progress marked the 50th anniversary of the composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams's death, and it pulled out all the stops.... more

Wet-weather gear for a stormy battle

27.02.08

Though first performed over 60 years ago, the contemporary resonances of Peter Grimes can still chill the heart of a modern audience.... more

Aural variety and exquisite textures

06.11.07

A sensitive performance by baritone Roderick Williams, showed why the London Sinfonietta is one of the best contemporary music ensembles around. ... more

A journey into the unknown

01.02.07

Schubert's Contemporaries made for a long evening, not wholly sustained by the repertoire, although no one could begrudge the generosity of spirit, says Nick Kimberley.... more

Concert review: Voices is a modern work which sets poetry by Ho Chi Minh and others to music. And, Nick Kimberley says, this performance was an appropriate 80th birthday present for composer Hans Werner Henze.... more

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