Boris Godunov at Royal Opera: Psychologically probing Russian epic - 4/5 Richard Jones’ staging of Mussorgsky’s opera ...
This might seem to presume a Russian singer in the title role, but Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel has sung Boris in this production since it was new. He quips that he has extra experience this time ...
Nessun Dormageddon: Audience members ‘boo and throw things’ after Royal Opera House chief steps in for sick tenor - Other fans defend Richard Hetherington, who ‘deserves a medal’ after stepping in at ...
French tenor Roberto Alagna, singing the role of Calàf, became ill after the second act. With no understudy available, Richard Hetherington, head of music at the Royal Opera, took to the stage after ...
Bryn Terfel returns to the role in the Royal Opera’s latest revival of Richard Jones’s striking production and powers the ...
A theatre boss -- still dressed in his everyday workwear of jumper and chinos -- stepped in mid-performance to make sure the ...
Jonas Kaufmann will no longer sing at London’s Royal Opera House — because, of all things, the pay is too low. “I don’t know ...
If Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov were a dinner party, Richard Jones’s Russian-language revival at the Royal Opera House would be ...
The Royal Opera in London is embracing a new era with Jakub Hrůša as music director and Speranza Scappucci as principal guest ...