| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 7-Jun-2013 Garsington Opera | A must-see Entführung aus dem Serail at Garsington |
 Those who feel that country house opera is in some way not the real thing, just an excuse to dress up and picnic on manicured lawns, should hie to Garsington’s new Die Entführung aus dem Serail with all speed. Yes, the setting is absolutely stunning, people do bring their own food for the hour-and-a-half-long interval, and anyone uncertain of the definition of froideur should try turning up in an ordinary suit instead of black tie.Read full review... | |
| 20-Oct-2012 War Memorial Opera House | Lohengrin returns to San Francisco in effective new production |
 Wagner’s Lohengrin was the last work the master completed before settling into a mid-career six-year slump. During this compositional hiatus, he wrote the poems for his Ring operas and ruminated in print on various topics, musical and otherwise, but work on the music dramas essentially ceased.Read full review... | |
| 25-Sep-2012 Aotea Centre: ASB Auditorium | New Zealand Opera's Bartered Bride: A Czech classic in English |
 The Bartered Bride, premiered in 1866, is considered to be Smetana’s masterpiece in the operatic genre and is widely regarded as the national opera of the Czech Republic. Despite this, for their second and last production this year, New Zealand Opera elected to perform the opera in English translation rather than the original Czech, aiming to speak to their audiences in a more direct fashion.Read full review... | |
