Cinderella at London Coliseum: 'Hugely enjoyable contemporary spin' 4/5 The ENO have brought the classic story up-to-date while still keeping its heart and soul Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2025
Cinderella review – fun-forward fairytale kicks off ENO makeover Julia Burbach’s energetic staging of Rossini sets the tone for English National Opera’s new split-site era, bringing lashings of chorus comedy and a pacy conductor’s debut by Yi-Chen Lin The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2025
The Flying Dutchman review – terrific cast and hurtling momentum in OHP’s first ever Wagner Julia Burbach’s blurs the lines of reality and illusion in an impressive new staging of Wagner’s horror story that hits more than it misses. Musically it is very fine indeed The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2025
Grimeborn: tiny budgets, crazy settings and singers nearly in your lap - 15 years of Dalston’s opera festival East London’s more affordable answer to Glyndebourne has become a fixture in the opera summer season Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2022
Eugene Onegin review – much love and passion to admire in uneven new staging The two superb male leads – Samuel Dale Johnson and Thomas Atkins – bring charisma and insights to Tchaikovsky’s opera although Julia Burbach’s production feels wayward at times The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2022
Eugene Onegin at Opera Holland Park review: this production’s staging undermines its intensity Fine singers were not well-served by the stark design and out-of-focus direction Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2022