Met Opera designers order names removed from ‘Carmen’ in dispute over Jaguar The original production featured Escamillo making a grand entrance in a red Jaguar convertible The Independent UK · Jan 21
‘I fear we are losing a whole generation of talent’: ENO head hits back at the ‘leave London’ ultimatum As she stages a new production of The Dead City, Korngold’s wild opera banned by the Nazis, English National Opera’s artistic director Annilese Miskimmon talks about the company’s strong present and uncertain future The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023
The week in classical: The Decision; The Dream of Gerontius; Soloists of the CBSO – review Birmingham Opera Company regroup, and the CBSO triumph in Elgar’s great oratorio as the city’s rich musical life thrives. And shock and anger as the BBC Singers are axed The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2023
The Decision review – didactic, two-dimensional and dramatically obvious Bertolt Brecht’s tale of four agitators dispatched from Soviet Russia to foment revolution in pre-communist China is almost a parody of previous Birmingham Opera Company productions The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2023
Timothy O’Brien obituary Stage designer who worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company, at the National Theatre in London and opera houses in the UK and abroad The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022
Partner receives knighthood on behalf of late opera director Sir Graham Vick Sir Graham, 67, died from complications of Covid-19 in July, having learned six months earlier that he was to be knighted. The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2022