A game of two halves: Ariadne auf Naxos at Longborough
Should divine visions of philosophical beauty be cut short by practical things like food or fireworks? Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos is an opera of two worlds in collision, and Anthony…
Method in its madness: Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, Glyndebourne
To say that the 2013 Glyndebourne production of Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos has received “mixed” reviews would be an understatement. The reviews have, in fact, been terrible. So terrible, that…
Lost and Found: unravelling meaning in Harrison Birtwistle’s Minotaur
A new opera creates a certain stir. And there’s a selfconscious ‘we’re here to be brutalised’ atmosphere among the audience: we think we’re tough enough for this, to watch Birtwistle…