Il Ritorno d’Ulisse review – a sensuous slice of opulence and luxury Director John Caird and conductor Laurence Cummings bring Monteverdi back to the Chiltern Hills with polished, festive inclusivity The Guardian - UK · Jun 19
Candide review – WNO go for broke with picaresque, Pythonesque craziness Ed Lyon stands out in the titular role and there’s some witty animation, but Bernstein’s operetta feels too frenetic, with extra fizz forcefully injected The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2023
Clorinda Agonistes review – a dance of love and death on the battlefield A crusader and a Saracen have a fateful encounter in this richly layered work by Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, set to Monteverdi and a plangent score by Syrian-American composer Kareem Roustom The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2022
A rebel with a cause: how I breathed new life into Monteverdi’s Saracen warrior It was the energy of the baroque gem Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda that first drew choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh, but its enigmatic heroine became an obsession. She explains why she has given Clorinda a new story – and an extra body The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2022
Ed Lyon/James Cleverton/Psappha review – touching, lyrical premieres Conor Mitchell’s Look Both Ways was the centrepiece of an evening of new music at the Cheltenham festival: a song cycle setting the love letters of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2022
Orfeo review – descent to the underworld takes you to heaven John Caird delivers a triumphant fusion of staging, choreography and performance – with Ed Lyon formidably assured in the title role The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2022