When Puccini gave a copy of his early 1889 opera Edgar to a friend in later life, he wrote in Italian on the title page, “And may God preserve you from this opera!” In the wake of Opera Holland Park’s ...

3 Photos: New Look At JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR West End Starring Sam Ryder and More 4 Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, Starring Sam Ryder In the centenary year of his death, it’s quite a challenge to ...

Opera Holland Park tries to make Puccini’s early failure work – with mixed results Even Puccini eventually disowned his second opera, Edgar. "It was an organism defective from the dramatic point of ...

With Liverpool FC playing a home match and the wet city streets busy with trick-or-treaters, Halloween may not have been the obvious night to launch a season of contemporary music including two world ...

Although directed with admirable directness, this staging tries and fails to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear Telegraph Opera Critic, Nicholas Kenyon, is an author and academic, and former ...

Opera Holland Park has a long and proud tradition of bringing to public attention works by Italian composers whose own considerable talents were somewhat eclipsed by those of their contemporary, or ...