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The Barber of Seville opened at the Opéra de Paris last nigtht without its intended Rosina. The Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina was unable to obtain a visa in time to enter France. She says: Dear […]

From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, I don’t want to make music any more. I go up on stage every day, tune up with my colleagues, look out into the festival audience – and don’t […]

Roald Dahl Giant is another kind of triumph – a brilliant play about a loathsome man. Roald Dahl, who wrote Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches, Fantastic Mr Fox and many other grotesque, darkly comic and sometimes […]

Stereophonic is a triumph. It’s that rare theatrical event where everything comes together to make an evening in the theatre both new and timeless. At first sight, the premise is simple: a rock band is making their second […]

Click here to subscribe For those of us who might be missing top flight classical ballet by the top dancers, I thought a dose of the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden would hit the spot. Here are […]

A performance of her tape-and-orchestra piece from WDR. I find it rather beautiful. The post Saariaho’s delusions live on appeared first on Slippedisc.

This week OperaVision brings Slippedisc readers coverage of the Ring Award in Graz, Austria. The RING AWARD is the foremost international competition for emerging talent in music theatre direction, set and costume design. The Grand Finale […]

Not just the Walton concerto, but a John Dowland moan as an encore. Enjoy.   The post A good night for English violas appeared first on Slippedisc.

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: When a major artist performs third-rate music, it’s either going to be a trifling act of self-indulgence or a stunning revelation. It took me three listenings to work […]

From our critic in residence: The word “extraordinary” is overused, but everything about the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs production of Sarah Kane’s “4.48 Psychosis” (2000) merits it. In this twenty-fifth anniversary of the original production, […]