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Leaving space for the music

August 12, 2022

Violet grasps a core truth about opera: that good narratives don’t tell you everything but leave space for the music to fill in, working a magic of its own.

Exaggerated greatness: The Wreckers reviewed

June 25, 2022

The most curious thing about Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers – a “neglected” opera, rescued from the shadows for this summer’s Glyndebourne festival – is its morality. Which is distinctly skewed. The curtain rises on an isolated coastal community who, led by their local pastor, seem to be devout. The opening chorus is a testament

‘The road of belief has many surprises’

December 21, 2017

The opera singer Andrea Bocelli talks about his childhood blindness, singing for Pope Francis - and why's he's careful about his wine intake

Catholic art is in the doldrums and nihilism has filled the void

November 13, 2015

There is nothing Catholic at all in the emblematic works of our time

Books blog: The awe-inspiring fortitude of the Martyrs of Compiegne

July 24, 2015

Gertrud von le Fort has made an imaginative contribution to the history of the inspirational Carmelites

Music Review: A young unknown at Aldeburgh who is bound for glory

June 25, 2015

It was a good week for composers at the Aldeburgh Festival

Ushaw College reveals possible discovery of unknown Pergolesi score

April 20, 2015

The library at Ushaw College may have unearthed a previously unknown score by the early 18th century Italian composer

Bach, barbed wire and cardboard boxes at ENO

December 04, 2014

Peter Sellars' opera reads the Passion story in contemporary terms

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