After Michael Grandage followed the example of Sir Peter Hall and seamlessly made the transition from stage to opera directing at Glyndebourne, another leading figure in theatreland has washed his ...

The news that the Almeida Theatre in north London will no longer stage its summer opera festival is pretty saddening. But it was Michael Attenborough’s parting shot at the art form that really stuck ...

The first big event in London's music calendar is the UK premiere of Die tote Stadt, Korngold's 1920 work that finally brought opera into the real world... Not that long ago, in the crush bar of any ...

18:46, Mon, Mar 11, 2024 Updated: 15:07, Tue, Mar 12, 2024 The British composer and sound designer Sarah Angliss received her inspiration for this new opera from a visit to the Hunterian Museum at the ...

Sir Antonio Pappano said there was “something in this generation of singers” which meant they were physically “weaker”, pulling out of contracts unexpectedly. He criticised a changed attitude from the ...

When Edison invented the phonograph, the world was amazed by its ability to capture sound, but technology has improved in the decades since and we're used to hearing today's stars in pristine quality.

A modern Opera adaptation of the Oscar-winning film Brokeback Mountain premieres in Madrid this week. Based on the short story by Annie Proulx, the tale of forbidden love between two cowboys has been ...

A new opera created by Toronto-based artists who around the world challenges cultural rules and crosses musical boundaries. "Forbidden" is a modern opera mixed with Persian music and hip-hop. Filmed, ...

The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY), one of New York's leading cultural venues, will present American Modern Opera Company: the echoing of tenses, on May 18, 2023 at 7:30pm ET in the Kaufmann Concert ...

In the heart of Priština, the capital of Kosovo, a small country in Southeast Europe, an architectural and cultural revolution is underway. The Kosovo Opera and Ballet Theatre, recently unveiled, ...

A new opera created by Toronto-based artists who around the world challenges cultural rules and crosses musical boundaries. "Forbidden" is a modern opera mixed with Persian music and hip-hop. Filmed, ...