(Photo: ©2025 Camilla Greenwell) I have been somewhat critical in the past of Adele Thomas’ staging of one of Verdi’s most potent works. With its painfully dark tale told in a rather insidious manner, employing the use of creepy props and actors infused with more than a generous helping of Hieronymus Bosch influence; alas, perplexingly, this time round it kind {…}
Adele Thomas and Sarah Crabtree will start the new year with a new tenure at the Welsh National Opera, as they jointly take on the role of co-CEOs/General Directors. Thomas is an internationally acclaimed theatre and opera director who recently directed WNO’s new production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” while visionary producer Sarah Crabtree joins the Company from The Royal Ballet and {…}
Photo Credit: Richard Hubert Smith Glyndebourne has added an extra performance of Handel’s “Semele” to the Festival 2023 schedule. In response to the high demand for tickets, the company’s new production of “Semele” will have an added performance on August 21. Adele Thomas directs the debut performance of “Semele” starring soprano Joélle Harvey, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston, and tenor Stuart Jackson. {…}
(Photo credit: Royal Opera House, 2022) Two baroque jewels are running concurrently at the Royal Opera House: Katie Mitchell’s molten “Theodora” on the mainstage, and downstairs in the more intimate confines of the Linbury, Antonio Vivaldi’s pasticcio “Bajazet,” a co-production with Irish National Opera. And what a study in contrasts they make: upstairs, something rueful and naturalistic, whose props are {…}