David Truslove

2 weeks ago | operatoday.com | David Truslove

Directors have a habit of interfering with composers’ intentions in their efforts to draw out new perspectives. That’s no bad thing when a novel approach creates insightful correspondences with the original conception. But the opening night of Glyndebourne’s first ever presentation of Parsifal, long dreamed-of by founder John Christie, drew a mixed reception, with some audible disapproval at the curtain calls.

2 weeks ago | operatoday.com | David Truslove

Hats off to David Hill for overseeing the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s last hurrah of the season with three career-defining works that changed the musical landscape in both Britain and the States.

2 weeks ago | operatoday.com | David Truslove

David Truslove talks to Samantha about her developing careerDT I believe you describe yourself as Australian/British. Where were you born and where do you consider home? SCMy parents are Zimbabwean and were living in the UK when I was born, so I originally come from Surrey. We returned to Zimbabwe before moving to South Africa and then emigrated to Australia when I was 9. I consider Australia home.

3 weeks ago | operatoday.com | David Truslove

There are certain stagings when good fortune shines on casting decisions and produces an operatic miracle. Such is the case with this new production of Puccini’s Il Trittico given at Opéra Bastille, which benefits from an international team in the shape of Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian, Italian conductor Carlo Rizzi and German stage director Christof Loy. Together, they have shaped a truly memorable trio of performances.

1 month ago | operatoday.com | David Truslove

This second instalment of Barry Kosky’s Ring Cycle develops the fractured relationships partially glimpsed in Das Rheingold unveiled at the Royal Opera House 18 months ago. With his new staging comes both a return of the Ash Tree, reminding us of his preoccupation with what he sees as an ‘environmental apocalypse’, and a mute Earth Goddess (here a frail but dignified Illona Linthwaite), who appears naked on stage before the first stirrings of the Prelude to Die Walküre.