alexandra.coghlan

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

Written On Skin, Melos Sinfonia, LSO St Luke's review - an ambitious musical achievement Sunday, 22 October 2017 Read more...	Hansel and Gretel, Pop-Up Opera review - salty-sweet production takes wry pleasure in classic fairytale Wednesday, 11 October 2017 Read more...
Prom 51 review: Perianes, BBCSO, Oramo - brightly coloured musical postcards Wednesday, 23 August 2017 Read more...	King Lear, Shakespeare's Globe - Nancy Meckler's Globe debut is unusually subdued Thursday, 17 August 2017 Read more...
Prom 33 review: Davidsen, Gerhardt, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds - Nordic music glowing with colour Friday, 11 August 2017 Read more...	Prom 14 review: BBCSSO, Wilson - illusion after illusion from musical conjurer Wednesday, 26 July 2017 Read more...
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare's Globe review - swaggering Shakespeare with a comic Spanish accent Friday, 21 July 2017 Read more...	Prom 7 review: Weilerstein, BBCSO, Weilerstein - new cello concerto enthrals Thursday, 20 July 2017 Read more...
Queen Anne, Theatre Royal Haymarket review - slow, long and dull Tuesday, 11 July 2017 Read more...	Hamlet, Harold Pinter Theatre review - dislocatingly fresh makeover Saturday, 17 June 2017 Read more...
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Snape Maltings Saturday, 10 June 2017 Read more...	Radamisto, Guildhall School, Milton Court Tuesday, 06 June 2017 Read more...
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's Globe review - Emma Rice goes out with a bang Thursday, 25 May 2017 Read more...	Ariodante, The English Concert, Bicket, Barbican Wednesday, 17 May 2017 Read more...
Monteverdi Vespers, Vox Luminis, FBC, St John's Smith Square Monday, 15 May 2017 Read more...	Lise Davidsen, James Baillieu, Wigmore Hall Wednesday, 10 May 2017 Read more...

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