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Stephen is a former Observer music critic and a regular contributor to The Times, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Independent and the BBC. He is the author of a major biography of Stravinsky and other books on Stravinsky, Bartók and Schumann. He holds a chair in music at Cardiff University.

Articles By Stephen Walsh

Madama Butterfly, Glyndebourne review - perverse staging, outstanding cast

Sunday, 20 May 2018 Read more...

BBC NOW, Alexandre Bloch, Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff review - tonal music in an avant-garde sense

Saturday, 12 May 2018 Read more...

Stephen Walsh's Debussy - A Painter in Sound - extract

Monday, 05 March 2018 Read more...

Tosca, Welsh National Opera review - ticking the traditionalist boxes

Saturday, 10 February 2018 Read more...

La forza del destino, Welsh National Opera review - rambling drama, fine music

Saturday, 03 February 2018 Read more...

The World's Wife, Wales Millennium Centre, Weston Studio review - the power and frustration behind the throne

Monday, 16 October 2017 Read more...

From the House of the Dead, Welsh National Opera review - elderly staging, music comes up fresh

Monday, 09 October 2017 Read more...

Khovanshchina/Eugene Onegin, Welsh National Opera review - Russian revivals strong and weak

Monday, 02 October 2017 Read more...

The Magic Flute, Longborough Festival review - sparkling and moving

Friday, 14 July 2017 Read more...

Fidelio, Longborough Festival review - death to the concept of concepts

Monday, 26 June 2017 Read more...

Pelléas et Mélisande, Garsington Opera review - brilliant but frustrating

Saturday, 17 June 2017 Read more...

Der Rosenkavalier, Welsh National Opera review - hard to imagine a stronger cast

Tuesday, 13 June 2017 Read more...

Tristan und Isolde, Longborough Festival

Friday, 09 June 2017 Read more...

L'Orfeo, EBS, Gardiner, Colston Hall, Bristol

Monday, 29 May 2017 Read more...

Y Tŵr, MTW, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff

Saturday, 20 May 2017 Read more...

L'Incoronazione di Poppea, EBS, Gardiner, Colston Hall, Bristol

Tuesday, 09 May 2017 Read more...

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