As someone who has never felt entirely comfortable having my diary fixed more than a few months ahead, it might seem strange that I should choose to undertake a project which is going to take the best ...

It all began with audiences sitting on straw bales in a barn, and only after a purpose-built theatre came into being was there a small pit enabling something more than piano accompaniment for major ...

Any season at any opera festival is special, but the summer of 2024 at Longborough looks set to be especially so as it is presenting all four operas in Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen. It is not the ...

Callas, who died in 1977, was known for her ability to merge musical notes with complex feelings. Now Warner Classics has released a box set of her live recordings — including 20 complete operas. This ...

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Since its doors closed a year ago, the Royal Opera House has produced online premieres and slimmed-down shows at reduced capacities. As Covent Garden prepares for full reopening, director of opera ...

"Mr. Kobbé died before finishing this book, and Miss Katharine Wright supplied material necessary to complete his plan. Other operas have been added to the present edition by Mr. Ferruccio Bonavia and ...

It was a good night for France, with victories for the Aix-en-Provence Festival and the Operas of both Lyon and Paris as well as the Paris-based philanthropical organisation FEDORA. (And a good night ...

The Jersey Opera House has warned it must find an extra £1.5m if it is to complete its refurbishment. A spokesperson for the venue said without the funding "the range and quality of performances we ...