Mozart’s La Finta Semplice (Classical Opera)
A welcome performance of Mozart's first full-length opera.
Criticks – BSECS online reviews
The eighteenth century was the first great age of criticism. In this spirit, the Criticks website provides entertaining, informative and provocative reviews of events and media that are of interest to scholars of the eighteenth century. These complement the reviews of books that are published in the journal of the Society, Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies.
Plays, concerts, operas, exhibitions, films, broadcasts and online resources are here considered in depth by experts in the field. If there is an event that you would like to see reviewed in these pages, or if you would like to review for us, please contact one of the editors below:
Criticks Editor
Criticks Subject Editors
Fine Art: Miriam Al Jamil
Media: Daniel Cook and Adam James Smith
Music: Hannah Templeton
Theatre: Katie Aske
The Mysteries of Udolpho (BBC Radio 4)
An enjoyable and atmospheric radio adaptation.
Thomas Cole’s Journey – Atlantic Crossings
A recent exhibition sheds light on the European Romantic Tour's translation into American landscape painting.
Frock Flicks
A site that combines fun commentary with an attention to historical detail.
Norbert Grund: The Charm of the Everyday
An exhibition demonstrating the beauty, lively elegance and wit of eighteenth-century Prague.
Kleine artige Kupfer
Eighteenth-century book illustration in the spotlight.
The Captive Queen
A welcome revival, but Dryden's work requires more rigorous examination.
Poldark – Season Three
The eighteenth-century soap opera rolls on into an age of revolution.
Georgian Concert Society: Syrinx – Telemann: The Saxon Alternative
A programme highlighting the use of double reed and brass instruments in Telemann’s ensemble work.
Georgian Concert Society: Luisa Morales and Carole Cerasi
Works for harpsichord duet with a Spanish flavour, originally dedicated to Infante Gabriel of Borbon (1752 – 1788)