Tag Archives: Deborah Warner

Billy Budd finally drops anchor again at The Royal Opera

Britten: Billy Budd Royal Opera, 23rd April 2019 It was time Billy came home. The Flying Dutchman puts in to shore every seven years, but the HMS Indomitable hasn’t dropped anchor at Covent Garden in nearly two decades. The Royal … Continue reading

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Netrebko’s Tatyana is worth the wait!

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin **** Metropolitan Opera, 5th October 2013 I’ve waited thirteen impatient years for this. Covent Garden, July 2000: the Mariinsky Opera (or the Kirov Opera as it was then titled) rolled into town for a Russian season of … Continue reading

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