The LSO performing a major work by Berlioz, under the baton of Colin Davis, sounds like a sure-fire hit and, while ultimately not as uplifting and totally engrossing as some of the other works in the ...

It’s a brave company that tackles Berlioz’s problematical first opera as the pitfalls are immense. First there’s the unwieldy ninety-minute first act, whose dramaturgy is shaky to say the least as ...

As much as the use of supertitles has changed the face of opera, the high-def broadcasting of stage performances into movie theaters may have even more far-reaching effects. With supertitles, foreign ...

Benvenuto Cellini encompasses a riot, a carnival, a love-story, a celebration of creative work - yet another seminal slice of music theatre that Wagner, always keen to cover his tracks when it came to ...