EIF Review: Book of Mountains and Seas

EIF Review: Book of Mountains and Seas

Will Quinn Aug 15, 2025 5 min read
"...Book of Mountains and Seas certainly offers one of this year's most spellbinding and mysterious events at the Edinburgh International Festival.
EIF Review: Orpheus and Eurydice

EIF Review: Orpheus and Eurydice

Will Quinn Aug 14, 2025 5 min read
"If spectacle is what you seek, then this is the epic stage adventure for you..." - but satisfying, coherent & unfrustrating, this high-wire Orpheus & Eurydice is not.
Review: Trial By Jury / A Matter of Misconduct – Scottish Opera

Review: Trial By Jury / A Matter of Misconduct – Scottish Opera

Will Quinn Jun 2, 2025 6 min read
"This is operetta, not only for the nostalgic, but for the now." Scottish Opera impresses with a double-bill of cultural-political satire, one classic, one new.
Review: The Merry Widow – Scottish Opera

Review: The Merry Widow – Scottish Opera

Will Quinn Jun 2, 2025 7 min read
"...by planting Lehár’s lovers among gangsters & grifters, Scottish Opera invites its audience to consider love as negotiation; a dangerous, vulnerable, thrilling risk.
André de Ridder Named as New Music Director of English National Opera

André de Ridder Named as New Music Director of English National Opera

Will Quinn May 14, 2025 4 min read

English National Opera has announced the appointment of André de Ridder as its next Music Director, marking a significant moment in the company’s evolving national strategy. De Ridder, a conductor…