Genre: Opera and Operatic Theatre

Review: STUMPED

"makes us sit up and listen"

Published by Tamara Stein

Review: Dawn Again: A Rap Opera

Elliot has a problem: two girlfriends, both giving birth on the same day in the same hospital

Published by Bill Parslow

Review: The Impresario

A light Opera which touches upon big ambitions in a perfect and evocative rendering of a long forgotten time.

Published by Donald Stewart

Review: Amadeus

In the most spectacular production imaginable, Lucian Msamati’s supremely crafted lead sets off the quicksilver of his rival Adam Gillen.

Published by Simon Jenner

Review: We Are In Time

A heart jumping exploration of transplants with a majesty of the music at its heart and a subtle theatricality expanding it all

Published by Donald Stewart

Review: Lucia di Lammermoor

This is a stunning pocket-sized opera-house quality Lucia. You won’t find a better-sung, more affecting Donizetti this year.

Published by Simon Jenner

Review: The Rape of Lucretia

Far from being just timely, this Grimeborn production reinvents how we might feel about this troubling, disturbed and absolutely contemporary piece in a time of #Me Too.

Published by Simon Jenner

Review: 4.48 Psychosis

An outstandingly imaginative, fearless recreation of Kane’s testament in another medium. It triumphs and is easily the most remarkable, necessary opera to have been produced in years.

Published by Simon Jenner

Review: BambinO

A delight for babies and adults alike

Published by John Hinton

Review: Amadeus

In the most spectacular production imaginable, the antagonisms between the black-suited and marzipan fight it out in this extraordinary sumptuous and consummately musical production. Far from seeming out of place, Adam Gillen’s Young Ones-style shrilling brat with his technicolour frock-coats seems almost more attuned than Salieri to his milieu. It’s naturally the corresponding gravity this production looks to though: Lucian Msmati’s supremely crafted lead sets off the quicksilver of his rival to an unprecedented extent.

Published by Simon Jenner

Review: Opera Mouse

Opera through the eyes of a mercurial and very determined mouse.

Published by Tim Wilcock

Review: Counting Sheep

A must see agit prop performance overflowing with vitality and commitment.

Published by Clare Simpson

Review: The Threepenny Opera

A coming-of-age for Rufus Norris, a wholly credible, cheekily interventionist Threepenny Opera with a few devastating critiques

Published by Simon Jenner

Review: Dido and Aeneas

Captivating interpretation by a company that’s clearly going places.

Published by Tim Wilcock

Review: The Future for Beginners

An intriguing premise and excellent performances. You will leave smiling.

Published by Kate Saffin

Review: The Pirates of Penzance

A very impressive production from a young company

Published by Paul Levy

Review: Mozart – The Impresario

Rare outing for one of Mozart’s less well known pieces.

Published by Tim Wilcock

Review: Through the Looking Screen

Hundreds of friends and no one to come home to. Annabel is trying to land her perfect match.

Published by Dan Lentell

Review: Carmen

A new version of this wonderful opera given a lively production in English.

Published by Shirley Jaffe

Review: The Zoo

Forty five minutes of fun involving four knitted tarts and a couple of pears

Published by Tim Wilcock

Review: Dido and Aeneas

Opera in the grand setting of one of Edinburgh’s finest New Town kirks

Published by Tim Wilcock

Review: Monsters and Prodigies

An interesting if somewhat confused look at the strange world of the castrati

Published by AB

Review: El Gallo

Five go mad for the music (and end up singing in their y-fronts) in this tragic-comic ‘opera for actors’

Published by Bella Todd