I cheered the other day when Antonio Pappano vented some of his frustration about the opera stars who torment him with their capricious cancellations and imaginary indispositions and changes of mind ...

He’s the father of modern opera but nowhere near as celebrated as he should be. Soprano Elizabeth Watts decided it was time to change that, and embarked on a five-year quest to discover and record ...

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 ...

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 ...

RENOWNED Oxfordshire soprano Mary Plazas makes her debut with Northern Ireland Opera this month in the powerful role of Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, the beautiful socialite with an insatiable ...

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 ...

Modern day opera singers are falling ill and backing out of performances too easily, the Royal Opera House’s director of music has said, as he claims their attitude to contracts has changed. Sir ...

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, ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter When Soprano Danielle de Niese was asked to present a televised singing competition, The Glyndebourne Opera Cup for young performers, ...

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.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. From Mr Robert Swift. Sir, Reading Andrew Clark’s five-star review of George Benjamin’s Written on Skin (“Opera ...

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 ...