John Vernon

Sir Peter Wright’s 1984 version of The Nutcracker for The Royal Ballet, still performed by the Company, stays close to Hoffmann’s original tale. ...

La Cenerentola is Gioachino Rossini’s version of the popular Cinderella story, an exciting mixture of comedy, pathos, coloratura fireworks ...

La Fanciulla del West, Puccini’s penultimate opera is based on a play by David Belasco set at the height of the notorious California gold ...

A 1980s photographer and advertising designer trying on clothes in a vintage clothing store find themselves transported to the 1930s.