Her elder sister Sophie is a well established opera singer; their grandfather was the late Roger Bevan, head of music at Downside School, and their father David is a composer and choirmaster at the ...

The Royal Ballet and Opera (RBO), one of Britain’s most prestigious arts institutions, has canceled its planned production of “Tosca” in Israel after a widespread staff backlash. In a recent open ...

Portsmouth’s Jan Younghusband, who oversaw music TV programming for the BBC, including The Proms and Glastonbury, has been appointed the new Chair of British Youth Opera. Jan, who is originally from ...

British conductor Sir Andrew Davis has died at the age of 80, his agent confirmed. Sir Andrew, who was one of the longest-serving chief conductors of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, had been suffering ...

Mark-Anthony Turnage’s collaboration with Lee Hall results in a significant new opera A foundation stone of the Dogme film tradition, the Danish movie Festen came out in 1998, followed in 2004 by a ...

Vaughan Williams’ underrated opera is brought to life in a focused and dynamic staging Vaughan Williams’ underrated opera is brought to life in a focused and dynamic staging. There is undoubtedly some ...

CONTEMPORARY opera always needs fresh advocates, so here’s a name to watch. Glasgow-born composer Lewis Murphy, 25, is already nearing the end of a two-year residency with one of the UK’s most ...

The founder of Opera Holland Park on arrogance in the industry, getting children into classical music and high-level philistinism Liam Kelly is a senior culture writer and covers the full sweep of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Royal Opera House in central London is home to the Royal Ballet and Opera, where tensions have been rising over Israel's war ...