| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2012 Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House | Thomas Adès' The Tempest live in HD from the Met |
 It’s pretty luxurious to be able to stumble out of your front door at ten to six, wander five minutes round the corner to your friendly local cinema, be greeted with a glass of sparkling wine, and then watch a high-definition live screening of a top contemporary opera production at the Met.Read full review... | |
| 26-Apr-2012 Barbican Centre: Hall | Gerald Barry's The Importance of Being Earnest at the Barbican |
 The Importance of Being Earnest is Gerald Barry’s fourth full-length opera; his previous three have set texts much more at home in the opera world than this ambitious libretto from Wilde’s famous play. I approached this concert staging of the work with intrigue, but not a little trepidation – setting a text like this is bold and ensures bums on seats, but has its fair share of pitfalls, although Barry, mostly, avoids them.
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| 15-Jan-2012 Barbican Centre: Hall | Thomas Adès sparkles conducting the LSO in his Tevot and In Seven Days |
 Thomas Adès' music has a rawness that only comes across heard live. This seems particularly true when he conducts it himself. Gone are the smooth contours of recordings and other conductors, replaced by a focus on infectious rhythm and sometimes brutal colours. His lyrical tendencies therefore become all the more powerful.
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| 17-Jun-2011 Concertgebouw: Main Hall | Thomas Adès brings a touch of brilliance to the Concertgebouw |
| I had extremely high expectations for this evening of music at the Concertgebouw; I’m a huge Thomas Adès fan and ever since I’d seen Leila Josefowicz play Esa-Pekka Salonen’s violin concerto I was more than impressed with her. Three Dutch premières of Thomas Adès’s music, as well as his debut as a conductor for the Concertgebouworkest certainly made an inspiring billing. Fortunately my expectations were not only met, it turned out to be a magical evening.
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