THE FOUNDERS of the Edinburgh International Festival would likely be disappointed to learn that the 75th annual event features just a single fully-staged production of opera, but surely delighted that ...

Garsington Opera is making the most of the embarrassment of musical riches Dvořák offers in his Rusalka – adding acrobats and aerialists to their staging for good measure, writes Ken Walton Did you ...

Rusalka promises a powerful show brimming with life and the tragedy of wasted sacrifice. Like Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid, water nymph Rusalka is offered the chance to experience love ...

Sally Mathews as an increasingly tormented Rusalka, with mermaid sisters Admirably upfront chorus nymphs (literally so as they shake their breasts in the refrains of their opening chorus), some clever ...

Here’s some tragedy for you: Picture Sondra Radvanovsky, the celebrity soprano who’s earned her fame with her extraordinary voice, standing downstage centre of Four Seasons Centre for the Performing ...

Will the prince be able to repair the damage and keep his love human, or will she morph into a murderous spirit? Considered one of the greatest achievements of Czech composer Antonín Dvorák, the opera ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Most of the time in the opera world, the same perhaps 50 venerable classics are performed over and over again. They are great works, and it is worth hearing ...