The pavilion at Garsington Opera at Wormsley is stunningly beautiful. Just being there is an experience, which is why the social aspect is so rewarding.
Author: Anne Ozorio
Detlev Glanert’s Caligula, ENO
Detlev Glanert’s Caligula at the ENO shows how powerful modern opera can be. Caligula was a tyrant, but this opera isn’t sensationalist.
Maria Padilla: Chelsea Opera Group
Donizetti’s Maria Padilla received a concert performance with the Chelsea Opera Group.
Tristan und Isolde, Welsh National Opera
Yannis Kokkos originally directed and designed Tristan und Isolde as a co-production for Welsh National Opera and Scottish Opera nearly 20 years ago. The production’s latest revival, directed by Peter Watson, was premiered at the Wales Millennium Centre on 19 May 2012.
Glyndebourne Jan·?ek The Cunning Little Vixen
Glyndebourne’s 2012 season started in great style with Leoö Jan·?ek’s The Cunning Little Vixen. Its rapturous reception would suggest that this could become a Glyndebourne perennial.
VÈronique Gens, Wigmore Hall, London
VÈronique Gens’s recital at the Wigmore Hall, London, was an almost ideal distillation of the belle Èpoque in song.
Wolfgang Rihm’s Jakob Lenz by ENO
When the ENO does really innovative work, it does so with style. Wolfgang Rihm’s Jakob Lenz may have taken 34 years to reach London fully staged, but this ENO production made such a strong impression that it might be years before it will be forgotten.
Garsington Opera at Wormsley
Director David Freeman tells why this is an event worth experiencing in the Olympic year.