| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Sep-2012 The London Coliseum | Surrealism in the opera house: Martinů's Julietta at ENO | David Karlin |
 For a Parisian, the accordion is the musical instrument most redolent of memories and dreams. So for Bohuslav Martinů's surrealist opera Julietta, written in Paris and infused with a discombobulating jumble of memories and dreams, Antony McDonald's sets were masterpieces: in each of three acts, the stage is dominated by a giant accordion which is more or less the size of the whole stage.Read full review... | ||
| 18-Jun-2011 Grange Park Opera, Northington | Grange Park serves up classic tragedy in Rusalka | David Karlin |
 The eponymous heroine of Dvořák’s Rusalka is a water-sprite from the woods and lakes of Middle European fairy-tale, very much the territory familiar to ballet lovers in Giselle and Swan Lake. But the opera is no cheerful romantic tale: rather, it has all the elements of classical tragedy: hubris in Rusalka’s desire to reach a humanity to which she should not aspire, nemesis as she turns into the prince’s destroyer, welcome comic relief in the servants' scenes and catharsis in the form of the final love scene.
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