Maria Aberg

Articles By Maria Aberg

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You don’t have to be Scandinavian to act out Strindberg’s fantastical extremes at the highest level, but I’ve not seen any British performers come...

I'm proffering just a tad less than three cheers for Allelujah, the film version of...

Nearly 40 years old, Andrei Serban’s Royal Opera Turandot feels like a gilded relic (I felt like a relic myself on learning that my...

Is it a good idea to work with your spouse? The Way Old Friends Do, a love letter to ABBA tribute bands – which...

In European folklore, mélusine are woman from the waist up and fish or serpent below. The fabled character is first known in the 13th century....

Sometime in early October 1963 John Lennon and Paul McCartney encountered The Rolling Stones and offered them one of their songs; one which became...

The 17th century romantic tragedy Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948), Ealing Studios' first Technicolor film, was conceived as a magnificent...

On paper, the formula shouldn’t be that special. Really good music played by really good people is hardly a groundbreaking concept...

Some plays are instantly forgettable, others leave a tender fold in the memory. I well remember seeing Zinnie Harris’s evocatively titled ...