Trying to understand the depth of opera in one class can be daunting for anybody. Carolina D'Souza gives it a try. Opera for Dummies, the book and the idea, has been exhausted. Yet I find myself ...
Mum of two, Sheeba, is one of the early participants of a joint venture between English National Opera and Imperial College London to help those feeling the effects of long Covid. With great results, ...
When his first opera Into the Little Hill was premiered in Paris in 2006, George Benjamin was already 46. His chamber-scale piece to a libretto by Martin Crimp on the legend of the Pied Piper of ...
English National Opera is in a right old mess, and last week's resignation of its general director, Nicholas Payne, inevitable though it was, won't do much to sort the problems out. What has gone ...
George Benjamin's Lessons in Love and Violence from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external ...
"It's nothing to do with loving a man," government prosecutor Mortimer screams at King Edward II at the beginning of George Benjamin's third opera, "Lessons in Love and Violence." He pays heavily for ...
HOMELESS people in Cardiff are to be given acting and singing lessons before taking to the stage in a full-scale opera production. HOMELESS people in Cardiff are to be given acting and singing lessons ...
Jailbirds who sing usually face a chorus of disapproval from fellow inmates. “Squealers” face rough justice if caught informing to prison bosses. But crooks may need a new word for the spies in their ...
When his first opera Into the Little Hill was premiered in Paris in 2006, George Benjamin was already 46. His chamber-scale piece to a libretto by Martin Crimp on the legend of the Pied Piper of ...