Rebellion or Individualism?

Review: LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX*** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (19 days old)

Royal Opera House Slushy bel canto isn’t usually my thing and in lots of ways Linda di Chamounix was just like the others. Two lovers, they get separated, girl goes mad. Nothing I hadn’t seen befor… more

BBC CARDIFF SINGER OF THE WORLD FINAL 2009 From FitCrit in Primi Divi (145 days old)

I don’t know the result of this. I know who I think won it but I stopped watching before the result and recorded that bit. So I can’t go to the Singer of the World site for the aria titles because I k… more

BBC CARDIFF SINGER OF THE WORLD From FitCrit in Primi Divi (147 days old)

I was going to watch this on BBC4 but the first episode was so bad I switched off pretty quick and watched the video clips on the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World website instead. At least you could he… more

PREVIEW: ROYAL OPERA HOUSE 2009-10 Part 1 From FitCrit in Primi Divi (153 days old)

Yeah ok I’m bunking off my revision again (or dogging my revision as the Scots say but that sounds a bit dodgy to me) but actually this is kind of like revision because it’s writing which is English a… more

Review: NORMA**** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (174 days old)

English Touring Opera at the Cadogan Hall 27th April 2009 The first thing that happened in this opera was that James Conway came onto the stage and did a speech which he said he hoped wouldn’t g… more

Review: L'ELISIR D'AMORE*** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (209 days old)

Welsh National Opera at Milton Keynes Theatre 2nd April 2009 I’ve got a choice here. I can either review one of the most embarrassingly slushy operas ever or I can do some revision. There’s … more

The Magic Flute***** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (251 days old)

English National Opera 26th February 2009 When you’re doing The Magic Flute there’s two things you can do. You can either try to make it make sense or you can try to make it even weirder. And I … more

Review: HANSEL UND GRETEL** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (282 days old)

Royal Opera 16th December 2008 Yes okay I know I should be doing coursework and revision and crap like that. But I’ve just done ninety solid minutes of that when the football was on, well I had … more

Review: THE BEGGAR'S OPERA* From FitCrit in Primi Divi (290 days old)

Linbury Studio, Royal Opera 20th January 2009 I don’t want to be rude or nothing but this really was a big stinking pile of kaka and I’d definately pay £100 million to avoid seeing it again. An… more

Review: STAFF OF THE YEAR From FitCrit in Primi Divi (313 days old)

I think it’s very important to get the right staff at places like opera houses. The wrong people can affect your whole enjoyment of a night out. The staff need to treat you with respect and they need … more

Review: RIDERS TO THE SEA**** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (337 days old)

English National Opera 27th November 2008 Riders to the Sea is about this woman whose sons all drop dead. The music is by Ralph Vaughan Williams and he’s really good at writing about the sea, h… more

Review: RUSALKA**** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (362 days old)

English Touring Opera at the Hackney Empire 10th October 2008 So this year ETO decided to do Rusalka and La tragedie de Carmen. I agree with Violetta (it’s not often I get to write that) the lon… more

Review: PARTENOPE***** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (371 days old)

English National Opera 1st November Has everyone I know got it in for me or something? First I keep catching my brother trying to log into Primi Divi to write some more crap about me, then I fin… more

Review: FALSTAFF***** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (391 days old)

Pimlico Opera at the Cadogan Hall 28th September 2008 They say opera is all about music which is so not true, if it was all about the music why bother having the libretto? And the director and t… more

Review: LA RONDINE*** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (420 days old)

British Youth Opera at the Peacock Theatre 9th September 2008 Yes it’s opera season time again and it’s review time and I went to this even though I was still a bit hungover from my 18th, I don’… more

Review: JETTE PARKER YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAMME SUMMER CONCERT*** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (453 days old)

Royal Opera 20th July 2008 I shouldn’t be reviewing this because I’m on a lads holiday but it’s like 5pm and they’re still asleep and I’m so bored, it sucks having a girlfriend sometimes because… more

Review: GREASE**** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (482 days old)

Piccadilly Theatre 9th July 2008 I wouldn’t normally go and see this but my girlfriend wanted to go because she’s going to be in it She was really worried about going because when she went to O… more

Review: DER ROSENKAVALIER***** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (493 days old)

English National Opera 5th June 2008 This is just such a cool opera. It starts with these 2 girls in bed having an orgasm and you kind of feel things just couldn’t get any better after that. But… more

Review: ORLANDO (extracts)**** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (501 days old)

Independent Opera at the Wigmore Hall 21st June 2008 Finally my exams are over and I’m back on the opera circuit! Yay! I’d better have passed them because there’s no way I’m sitting through that… more

Review: THE MINOTAUR (TV)*** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (511 days old)

Royal Opera 7th June The others didn’t want to see this because it was violent and because it was by Harrison Birtwistle. I don’t think that’s a very good reason for not seeing stuff but both th… more

Review: ASSOCIATE ARTIST RECITAL***** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (523 days old)

The Classical Opera Company at the Wigmore Hall Friday 18th April I went to this ages ago when I had some free time, seriously who invented AS Levels? Barry hasn’t got any and it hasn’t done him… more

Review: AILISH TYNAN**** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (579 days old)

St John’s Smith Square 5th March 2008 When I first started going to recitals all the girls looked really posh, they all had their hair up and their dresses didn’t show you very much and they loo… more

Preview: ROH NEW SEASON From FitCrit in Primi Divi (588 days old)

The new season’s been announced. They’ve gone a bit overboard with Verdi (5 productions) and Puccini (4) and there’s not enough Mozart (1) but apart from that it looks pretty good, miles better than t… more

Review: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE**** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (613 days old)

Carl Rosa Company at the Gielgud Theatre 22nd February 2008 Okay so I didn’t really want to go to this. The only thing I really like about G&S is Sarah Tynan as a schoolgirl in The Mikado a… more

Review: LA TRAVIATA**** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (622 days old)

Royal Opera Radio Broadcast 9th February 2007 Okay so I didn’t actually get to see this because somebody who so wasn’t me cocked up the booking but I thought I should review it anyway. Not in a… more

Review: THE VANISHING BRIDEGROOM*** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (637 days old)

BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican 19th January 2008 The Vanishing Bridegroom is one of those modern operas without a proper story. It’s very fashionable and everything, most modern books s… more

Review: LA CENERENTOLA** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (654 days old)

Royal Opera 7th January 2008 Our mate Herb McMince says we’ve got to write about the orchestra more and I am totally cool with that. I’m especially cool with it with La Cenerentola because the … more

Singers to Watch in 2008 From FitCrit in Primi Divi (669 days old)

Lucy Crowe Lucy sang Poppea in Agrippina and Drusilla in The Coronation of Poppea and she was brilliant. Hot blonde running around in her underwear. Completely the opposite of the stereotypical so… more

Review: THE TURN OF THE SCREW***** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (692 days old)

English National Opera 30th November 2007 Lots of people think this is about some woman who hasn’t had sex for years if at all and she’s so desperate for a shag she decides she wants this bloke … more

review the x factor***** From FitCrit in Primi Divi (709 days old)

yay i got into my bros account again!!!!! thats fitcrit btw i mean what a crap name!!!!! anyways i thoght it was time the primi divi revueed some proper music, who really goes to the opera now apart f… more