David Kettle
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L'Ange de Nisida / JPYAP Summer Programme, Royal Opera...
Two rules should help the non-Donizettian: avoid all...
theartsdesk at Cornbury: Pixie Lott, Amy MacDonald and Alani...
Cornbury Festival holds a very special place in my heart. When the babies were young, we realised that if we were going to be up all night without...
A Monster Calls, Old Vic - wild, beautiful theatre that begu...
A raw pagan vitality animates this extraordinary story about a teenage boy wrestling with tumultuous emotions in the face of his...
Ariadne auf Naxos, Opera Holland Park - stylish staging, wor...
"When the new god approaches, we surrender, struck dumb". Especially if, for the singer of those words, popular entertainer Zerbinetta, the “new...
theartsdesk on Vinyl 41: Kali Uchis, Orange Goblin, Kirsty M...
Summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in the street. To vinyl. Only theartsdesk on Vinyl doesn’t just cover music for...
Prom 5, Pelléas et Mélisande, Glyndebourne review - for the...
What a fabulous score Pelléas et Mélisande is, and...
Who Is America?, Channel 4 review - sudden return of Sacha B...
Cunningly kept under wraps until the last moment, Sacha Baron Coen’s...
Prom 4, Simpson, BBCPO, Mena review - terrific Lindberg, bro...
The fourth Prom of this season featured only two contrasting pieces,...