| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Sep-2011 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Pappano's Trittico makes a storming season opener | David Karlin |
 BILL COOPER.jpg) Murder. Suicide. Grand larceny. Puccini's triptych of short operas, two tragedies followed by a riotous farce, always makes for an evening of variety, with the potential for many snatches of greatness. Antonio Pappano is a fan - he recorded Il Trittico with the LSO in 1998, and featured Gianni Schicchi in his BBC series on Italian opera - and undoubtedly had a large hand in its being chosen to open the Royal Opera's 2011-12 season.Read full review... | ||
| 6-Jul-2010 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Angela Denoke sings Salome at Covent Garden | David Karlin |
BARDA.jpg) Over a hundred years after its première, Richard Strauss's opera Salome retains its ability to shock. The opera was adapted from Oscar Wilde's retelling of the biblical tale, in which Herod's daughter demands and receives the head of the prophet Jokanaan (John the Baptist) on a silver charger. The details of the original tale are scanty, both in the bible and in Josephus: in Wilde's conceit, Salome starts as a young innocent and is then gripped by obsession.Read full review... | ||
