The plainness of the set puts a huge weight on the cast, but a witty book and masterful movement ensure that the show is a ...

Ridiculous costumes and shocking staging mean you'd be better off watching Joe Hill-Gibbons's production with your eyes shut ...

Gibbins’s new production of The Marriage of Figaro for English National Opera opened back in March 2020 for a single ...

Who’s in and who’s not – on the secret, the joke, the relationship, the family, the club? That’s the fulcrum of Joe ...

The first surprise is the blank canvas bare staging, against which the protagonists pose and present themselves during the overture. Hill-Gibbins says he likes to strip down and simplify, especially a ...

Drained as they are at present of crucial funds, WNO are managing to put on only two operas this spring, and spaced out to the point where it could hardly be called a season. For their new Peter ...

The season's six productions are themed to twilight and transformation, as exemplified by Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. General & ...

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 ...

Vivid, primary-coloured take on Mozart's frothy favourite from director Joe Hill-Gibbins, starring David Ireland and Mary ...

Dramatically as well as musically, this is a memorable Marriage of Figaro. Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter. The Harvard Crimson The University Daily ...

Canadian Opera Company audiences find themselves ensnared in a web of erotic passions with a new production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro this February. One of the most beautiful and ...