Alexandra Coghlan
@AlexaCoghlan
Classical music journalist. Occasionally also writes about books, plays and films. Author, Carols From King's, Ebury, 2016.
What a mammoth undertaking from British Youth Opera this afternoon. Hope all concerned are knee-deep in a pint at this point…
Final summer opera of the season for me - keen to hear Dido given the Barokksolistene treatment @lfotweet
Belated first Prom of the season for me. Looking forward to Kantorow’s Saint-Saens.
Very much enjoyed my first trip to West Green Opera:
‘A good Macbeth should scare you; a great one should creep under your skin, leave you scrubbing your thoughts of persistent blood-spots’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍🏻Alexandra Coghlan Full review: gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/revi…
This absolute unit just arrived for review - 1,200 pages. See you all in the Autumn…
First visit to @westgreenopera_ last night - what a magical garden and place. Bonus points for three-man duck security team shaking down picnickers for crumbs…
Plenty of laughs and some cracking orchestral playing in this rewrite of Mozart’s The Impresario at Buxton Festival. Debut review from me @TheStage thestage.co.uk/reviews/the-im…
Not sure I’m capable of a more coherent review after that Salome. But ‘Phwoar’ pretty much covers it.
Top tip for free air-conditioned studio space to practise your ballroom on a Sunday… Apparently the Barbican is the place!
‘The moon has a strange look tonight…’ Can’t wait to catch up with the LSO & Pappano doing Salome tonight
Apparently the skirting board is the coolest place in the house…
Can’t help but read this opening in the style of a 90s rom-com trailer:
My top picks from a fab 2025 BBC Proms lineup in this week's @The_Tablet: thetablet.co.uk/arts/the-proms…
Longborough beyond Wagner: the festival’s first Pelléas is rich and thoughtful:
'Ogilvie’s vision is far from a benign one' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Alexandra Coghlan Full review: gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/revi…
Waiting to do an interview, sitting in a cafe listening to a father and his little son (fresh from a music lesson) talking about Donizetti, Minuets, Respighi… My heart! ❤️
Do any words strike fear into the freelance heart quite like: "We have introduced some software to improve our invoice processing..."
A monumental achievement from British Youth Opera (and can someone please hire Mark Le Brocq to sing Grimes again please?). Reviewed Peter Grimes for @CCTheatreUK criticscircle.org.uk/a-rich-haul-br…
Disillusioned with The Salt Path? Here’s a Moth you can have faith in…
