“Pure operatic gold”
Clive Paget, Musical America
Rodelinda, Garsington OperA, 2025
Photos by Craig Fuller and Julian Guidera
“…solves the problems of staging Handel in the most inventive and entertaining way… superb” ★★★★★
Music OMH
“A polished and punchy new staging (…) Knight allows the opera’s many powerful moments space to breathe” ★★★★
The Times
“Ruth Knight’s production captures the menace and high stakes in this deliciously devilish power struggle” ★★★★
The Guardian
“Ruth Knight’s staging of Handel’s opera impressively conveys its complex narrative” ★★★★
The Stage
“exemplary… meticulously rehearsed in detail and drama”
Opera Magazine
Gloriana, English National Opera, 2022
“ENO promised a concert performance, but Ruth Knight’s simple but effective staging, playing to a packed theatre, was much more” ★★★★★
The Guardian
“This was a concert staging by Ruth Knight, no mere read-through but a thoroughly prepared account: there was nothing to distract from the characters’ interaction up-front and close to the audience, backed by some tasteful projections and period costumes.” ★★★★
The Telegraph
“Ruth Knight’s light-touch staging was perfectly judged” ★★★★
The i paper
“Ruth Knight’s shrewd semi-staging – impressed”
The Times
Edgar, Opera Holland Park, 2024
Photos by Ali Wright
“Puccini’s greatest music was yet to come, and so Edgar doesn’t make it to the stage very often. But in this important year it is wonderful to see it come to life. Knight and the OHP team do this brilliantly”
Culture Whisper
“Opera Holland Park nominally offers a semi-staging, but director Ruth Knight provides everything the opera needs, including atmosphere when the night falls” ★★★★
The Financial Times
“a revelation (…) full credit to director Ruth Knight”
Seen and Heard International
“A gripping account” ★★★★★
Music OMH
La traviata, English National Opera, 2023
“Ruth Knight’s revival of Peter Konwitschny’s stripped-down production triumphs (...) this is an exciting case of a revival director bolstering the original with detail” ★★★★★
The Stage
“The revival by Ruth Knight, aided by the contribution of Farnes, seemed even more riveting than that of 2015”. ★★★★
The I paper
“Painstakingly restored by Ruth Knight for ENO, Peter Konwitschny’s production pares the Verdi opera down to its absolute essence” ★★★★