Expanding the classical canon brings us incredible music and extraordinary stories, not least that of Ethel Smyth, whose compositions and pioneering energy filled England in the interwar years In 1934 ...

Lise Davidsen is exceptional in Verdi’s masterly study of war and leadership. And Cairo and Belfast are the focus of a bold four-woman collaboration on film Many power currents course through Verdi’s ...

The Dallas Opera’s groundbreaking Hart Institute celebrates 10 years of impact with an Anniversary Showcase Concert on Jan.

Research shows that some of the world’s top orchestras will be devoting much more time to music written by men and performed by men this season. According to research by the website ...

Over a century on, and classical music still seems woefully behind the times, with norms that would be shocking in most other industries – whether it’s the lack of women composers on programmes, the ...

The bare bones of Mozart’s unfinished opera Zaide comprise one glorious aria for the enslaved heroine – the aspirational “Ruhe sanft” – and an assortment of other numbers which might be considered ...

The image was flagged on the grounds of “discrimination of gender”. Facebook banned the Dallas Opera from using a photo of a female conductor to promote the application process for their prestigious ...

We're more used to the idea of getting dressed up to go to the opera - so it comes as quite a surprise to see the stage at the distinguished Royal Opera House populated by men and women in the buff.

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