Neil Fisher
@neilfisher81.bsky.social
Exec culture and books editor of The Times
Sorry to say you missed the thrifty era when seats for Siegfried were a mere £415.
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Sorry to say you missed the thrifty era when seats for Siegfried were a mere £415.
Christoph von Dohnanyi, who has died at 95, was brought up by heroic parents who endured extraordinary torment at the hands of the Nazis - as he revealed to me in @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/f5cf...
www.thetimes.com/article/f5cf...
September 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Christoph von Dohnanyi, who has died at 95, was brought up by heroic parents who endured extraordinary torment at the hands of the Nazis - as he revealed to me in @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/f5cf...
www.thetimes.com/article/f5cf...
There's a gem of a Eugene Onegin touring this summer from Orlando Jopling and Dominic Dromgoole, which I caught in Essex. Hard agree to what Dromgoole has to say here about theatre & opera at the moment.
www.thetimes.com/article/5c36...
www.thetimes.com/article/5c36...
June 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
There's a gem of a Eugene Onegin touring this summer from Orlando Jopling and Dominic Dromgoole, which I caught in Essex. Hard agree to what Dromgoole has to say here about theatre & opera at the moment.
www.thetimes.com/article/5c36...
www.thetimes.com/article/5c36...
No performances of “Palestrina” in the Palestrina (and conclave) year? Me in the Sunday Times
May 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
No performances of “Palestrina” in the Palestrina (and conclave) year? Me in the Sunday Times
May 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Nothing to see here, just me and ACTUAL JENNA MARONEY backstage at the National Theatre. We talked Sondheim, 30 Rock, Ally McBeal ...and Trump
www.thetimes.com/article/0b58...
www.thetimes.com/article/0b58...
May 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Nothing to see here, just me and ACTUAL JENNA MARONEY backstage at the National Theatre. We talked Sondheim, 30 Rock, Ally McBeal ...and Trump
www.thetimes.com/article/0b58...
www.thetimes.com/article/0b58...
On Makropulos and the foolish dreams of the tech bros
April 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
On Makropulos and the foolish dreams of the tech bros
Just the merest slice of the 2025/26 Wigmore season. Quelles richesses!
March 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just the merest slice of the 2025/26 Wigmore season. Quelles richesses!
March 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Dividing my conductors into carnivores and herbivores...
March 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Dividing my conductors into carnivores and herbivores...
This story doesn't reflect as well on Opera North's boss as I think she thinks it does.
www.thestage.co.uk/features/lau...
www.thestage.co.uk/features/lau...
March 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This story doesn't reflect as well on Opera North's boss as I think she thinks it does.
www.thestage.co.uk/features/lau...
www.thestage.co.uk/features/lau...
Come to @thetimes.com for all your highbrow clapbacks
March 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Come to @thetimes.com for all your highbrow clapbacks
Defying gravity? About to hear a veteran soprano tackle Strauss
March 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Defying gravity? About to hear a veteran soprano tackle Strauss
Mark Rylance, just back from 14th-century Siena
March 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Mark Rylance, just back from 14th-century Siena
But Berg wisely abandoned this one
February 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
But Berg wisely abandoned this one
Let’s go let’s go
February 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Let’s go let’s go
This must be where Don Giovanni went
February 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This must be where Don Giovanni went
Alban Berg’s actual design for Act III
February 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Alban Berg’s actual design for Act III
Quite a party. Who’s staying up for my review? (You’ll get it by midnight)
February 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Quite a party. Who’s staying up for my review? (You’ll get it by midnight)
On the latest leap for VR technology and classical music - I contributed some thoughts.
www.thetimes.com/culture/clas...
www.thetimes.com/culture/clas...
January 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
On the latest leap for VR technology and classical music - I contributed some thoughts.
www.thetimes.com/culture/clas...
www.thetimes.com/culture/clas...
In today's paper, I looked at the impulse behind Radio 3's Unwind, and also tried to articulate why so many feel uncomfortable with "classical for calm".
www.thetimes.com/article/5a49...
www.thetimes.com/article/5a49...
January 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In today's paper, I looked at the impulse behind Radio 3's Unwind, and also tried to articulate why so many feel uncomfortable with "classical for calm".
www.thetimes.com/article/5a49...
www.thetimes.com/article/5a49...