As the company tours their double bill of Mozart works across the UK, Pop-Up Opera founder Clementine Lovell shares the company's approach to making opera accessible.
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Hansel and Gretel, V&A Museum of Childhood – Review
A beautifully-staged version of a classic fairytale that deserves to win new admirers.
Read More »Cosi Fan Tutte, The Tea House Theatre – Review
This performance showcases the skill and originality you'd expect to see in venues like The Royal Opera House, but on a one-to-one experience that makes you fall in love with opera all over again.
Read More »Rita/La Serva Padrona, The Sun Tavern (site-specific)
Gaetano Donizetti and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Directed by Darren Royston★★★ Pros: Rarely staged operas sung by new operatic talent. Cons: Occasionally hard to follow due to inter-weaving storylines and lack of surtitles. Our verdict: Innovative, fresh and intimate night of opera in an unusual space. Courtesy of Pop Up Opera Pop up Opera’s productions are the modern day theatrical equivalent of a warehouse party. Not quite site specific, their productions are, for lack of a better term, pre-packaged and performed for us in ...
Read More »Don Pasquale, The Sun Tavern in Covent Garden (site-specific)
The actors bring the story to life with humour and the space and minimal props are used well. Definitely worth seeing if you are new to opera and I’m sure that seasoned opera-goers may enjoy the change.
Read More »L’elisir d’amore, Blacks in Soho (site-specific in various locations)
On my way home I bought and downloaded a copy of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. How’s that for a recommendation?
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