Read our review of Leoš Janáček’s *The Makropulos Case*, now in performances at the Royal Opera House to 21 November. Read ...
How long is long enough to live? Leoš Janáček’s weird and wonderful 1926 opera poses the question in an extreme form, because ...
Like Emilia herself, the director Katie Mitchell has declared herself tired of opera’s misogynistic environment; she says ...
The Makropulos Case might be Janacek's most complex opera but the plot is made far more difficult by Katie Mitchell's ...
Katie Mitchell exits opera production with a feminist telling of Janáček’s work which has plenty of attitude but flaws too ...
Renowned director Katie Mitchell has announced her retirement from opera, citing persistent industry misogyny and saying it would take a system revolution to bring her back. Speaking to Rebecca Franks ...
In an interview in The Times ahead of her new production of Janáček's The Makropolous Case, Mitchell says she has no more opera in the diary Director Katie Mitchell has announced that she is leaving ...
Katie Mitchell is stepping back from her work in opera because of misogyny in both repertoire and workplaces, calling for ‘urgent’ action to address the issue ...
Following her ENO debut with After Dido in April, controversial theatre director Katie Mitchell returns to opera this month. She is directing a new production of James MacMillan’s 2000 opera ...
In a cluttered lawyer’s office in Prague, a court case has dragged on for generations. Papers pile up, tempers fray, and then ...
How do you bring an almost plotless book of elliptical fragments to the stage? The director Katie Mitchell has tried with three actors, four screens and three bottles of whiskey. By Houman Barekat How ...