The Classical Opera Company
- What the reviewers are saying -
Mitridate, Re di Ponto
21 July, 2004
St John's, Smith Square, London
Review by Rupert Christiansen of the Daily Telegraph
Review by John Allison of The Times
Review by David Murray of The Financial Times
Review by Michael Kennedy of The Sunday Telegraph
Apollo to Zauberflöte - An A-Z of Mozart Opera
12 October 2004
The Barbican Centre, London
Robert Thicknesse, The Times: "This was a happy glimpse of the next generation of Mozart and Handel performers, and some who will go on to redder meat: watch this space."
Stephen Pettitt, Evening Standard: "A telling moment, speaking of near-disbelief that his company found itself in such illustrious company, and on this stage. Page needn't be so modest. He's a fine musician, and his commitment to late 18th Century opera plain."
La Clemenza di Tito
26 May, 2005
St John's, Smith Square, London
Reviews by Andrew Clarke of the Financial Times, Andrew Clements of the Guardian and Hilary Finch in The Times and Opera Magazine
Apollo to Zauberflöte - An A-Z of Mozart Opera
24 July 2005
The Barbican Centre, London
Review by Patrick O'Connor of Opera Magazine
16 June 2006
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Review by Robert Beale of the Manchester Evening News
24 June 2006
The Barbican Centre, London
Review by Hilary Finch of The Times
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March 2006
Britten Theatre, London; St George’s Bristol; The Anvil; Buxton Festival
Reviews by Rian Evans of The Guardian, Rodney Milnes of Opera Magazine, Anna Picard of The Independent on Sunday, the editorial leader of The Guardian, Serena Fenwick of Musical Pointers, Judith Monk of Musical Opinion and David Blewitt of The Stage
The A-Z of Mozart Opera CD
Launch date 11 June 2007
Reviews by Anna Picard of The Independent, Geoff Brown of The Times, Andrew McGregor of BBC Radio 3, Robert Beale of the Manchester Evening News and Rob Ainsley of HMV Choice
Le nozze di Figaro
June/July 2007
The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury; Sadler's Wells; Buxton Festival
Reviews by Time Out, David Gutman of The Stage, Anna Picard of The Independent on Sunday, Elaine Godden of The Kentish Gazette and Philip Radcliffe of The Manchester Evening News
The First Commandment
26-28 September 2007
Wilton's Music Hall, London
Reviews by Michael Church of The Independent, Nick Kimberley of The Evening Standard, Anna Picard of The Independent on Sunday and Richard Fairman of The Financial Times
The London Bach
22 January 2008
Wigmore Hall, London
Reviews by George Hall of the Guardian and Neil Fisher of The Times
Modern classics
The May/June 2008 issue of Opera Now interviews Ian Page about the Classical Opera Company, which, it says, "dares to be different".
