It was a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon as The Blonde and I walked down Oxford Road towards the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) to attend its reopening to the public. The opera double bill featured two shorts, Ariadne...
Read MoreAs regular readers of this column will know, it has been a quiet year or so here at the OperaWatch offices, which are situated deep inside Northern Soul Towers. Most of the staff are either on furlough or have joined the...
Read MoreAs we hurtle towards 2021, I realise that it’s been eight months since I last saw a live opera and who knows when I will see one again. The serial incompetence of Boris and the clowns means that it will be well into next year...
Read MoreThis week sees a landmark in my long walk on this weird and mostly wonderful world, although weird has the upper hand at the moment. I am about to receive my first pension cheque, most of which I have already spent. I mention...
Read MoreIt’s been a quiet old time here at OperaWatch HQ. The furniture is dust-covered, the trainee opera critics have all been furloughed and I sit here like Miss Havisham dripping in cobwebs and waiting for news, any news. My inbox...
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