The opera season has begun early ... house for this lively revival of Figaro, and there was even a government arts minister in the theatre for the first night, something to celebrate.

It’s all change at the (checks notes) Royal Ballet and Opera, with a new name - admirably simple - and, shockingly, a new font for the programme! Though I will join thousands in inadvertently ...

Rarely out of the Royal Opera’s repertoire, this was the third revival of David McVicar’s staging of The Marriage of Figaro in as many years, and the 11th since it was first seen in 2006, the company ...

Yet David McVicar’s production of Mozart’s opera remains marvellously ... catching is Luca Micheletti’s vigorous Figaro, whose much-delayed marriage to Susanna lies at the epicentre of ...

“The Marriage of Figaro” is the ultimate ensemble opera, so what happens when one person sings all the parts? The ...

The opera’s three-and-a-half-hour running time has been cut to an Ozempic-thin ninety minutes, and the exquisite Italian ...

Costanzo, who recently took over Opera Philadelphia and who seems ... the miracle of its emergence in the first place. The Marriage of Figaro is at Little Island through September 22.

I seem to be alone in the heresy of finding Figaro one act too long, so I was delighted to encounter this revival of David McVicar’s classic production which, unusually, engaged me to the very last ...

First seen 18 years ago, David McVicar's Royal Opera staging of "The Marriage of Figaro" is back for its 11th revival. The show "still gets plenty of laughs", said Richard Morrison in The Times ...