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alexandra coghlan

Bio

Alexandra is the classical music critic of the New Statesman, and has written on arts for The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, Prospect, Gramophone, Opera Now, The Oxford Times and The Monthly. She was formerly Performing Arts Editor at Time Out, Sydney. She writes about classical music, theatre and film for theartsdesk.

Articles By Alexandra Coghlan

Der Freischütz, Barbican review - Gothic chills rooted in flesh and earth Tuesday, 05 November 2019 Read more...	Zauberland, Linbury Theatre review - an adaptation that adds much and gains nothing Wednesday, 16 October 2019 Read more...
theartsdesk at Itinéraire Baroque 2019 - a musical journey through the Périgord Monday, 05 August 2019 Read more...	Il Segreto di Susanna/Iolanta, Opera Holland Park review - superb singing, mixed staging Tuesday, 23 July 2019 Read more...
Trouble in Tahiti/A Dinner Engagement, Royal College of Music review - slick, witty and warm Saturday, 29 June 2019 Read more...	A Midsummer Night's Dream, Nevill Holt Opera review - sprinkled with musical fairy-dust Thursday, 13 June 2019 Read more...
Un ballo in maschera, Opera Holland Park review - evocative and sensationally sung Monday, 10 June 2019 Read more...	Falstaff, The Grange Festival review - belly laughs and bags of fun Saturday, 08 June 2019 Read more...
Agrippina, Barbican review - over-the-top comic brilliance Saturday, 01 June 2019 Read more...	Brockes-Passion, AAM, Egarr, Barbican review - fleshly Handel for our earthbound times Saturday, 20 April 2019 Read more...
Judith, Royal Festival Hall review - a musical curiosity gets a rare airing Thursday, 04 April 2019 Read more...	The Merry Widow, English National Opera review - glitter but no sparkle Saturday, 02 March 2019 Read more...
The Monstrous Child, Royal Opera, Linbury Theatre review - fresh operatic mythology for teenagers Friday, 22 February 2019 Read more...	Akhnaten, English National Opera review - still a mesmerising spectacle Tuesday, 12 February 2019 Read more...
Anthropocene, Hackney Empire review - vivid soundscapes but not quite enough thrills Friday, 08 February 2019 Read more...	War Requiem, English National Opera review - a striking spectacle, but oddly unmoving Saturday, 17 November 2018 Read more...

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