Let’s face the music and dance

Theatre: The Lady from the Sea Bridge ...

Just two decades after the premiere of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, the Soviet Union paid a New York opera company to stage performances there. The year was 1956 and the Cold War was well underwa

Robert Thicknesse on Opera

Theatre: The Harder They Come Theatre Royal ...

Opera: Tosca Royal Opera House, London WC2 ...

Jan Smaczny is enthralled by Isabelle Faust’s unique approach to the demanding material of Bach’s little-known violin works JS Bach Sonatas for Violin and Continuo Isabelle Faust (violin); Kristin von