It can happen that an opera production leaves such a deep impression on a work that it becomes the audience’s touchstone for a generation. The Mafioso from 1982 by Jonathan Miller Rigoletto – New York gangsters and a jukebox-playing duke – wins for ingenuity and box-office success. (With or without the dog-ear, it will return … Read more
Eight new productions, a world premiere, a European premiere – and a name change: the Royal Ballet and Opera, as it is now known, announced on Tuesday an ambitious program on the main and Linbury stages for the 2024-2025 season. The world premiere is the opera Festen by Mark-Anthony Turnage, based on Thomas Vinterberg’s 1998 … Read more
The Last Dinner Party performs at OVO Arena Wembley – Lorne Thomson/Redferns Theatre: Make weekday performances more likely Where the National Theater leads, other venues must follow. From February, the NT will test on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6.30pm, after consultation with the public. This change is in line with flexible working patterns post-pandemic, but … Read more