US Edition
Why I’ve made a Yorkshire version of t’Barber of Seville
The Bard of Barnsley is bringing flat vowels to Rossini's masterpiece - and he thinks his Uncle Charlie would have been proud
Advertisement
-
James Jorden, founder of the witty and raunchy opera blog Parterre Box – obituary
At first, he could only distribute his periodical in the gents’ loos of the Met. Twelve years later, he was being given free press seats
-
What’s going on at ENO?
Tensions between musicians and the executive have long been at the heart of the opera house’s miseries
-
The heart of ENO’s excellence is its orchestra. Funds must be found to save it
The resignation of music director Martyn Brabbins highlights the fact that only with world-class musicianship can ENO speak to the nation
-
Opera North’s Richard Mantle: ‘The arts should be fun, not planned with a calculator’
Stepping down after 30 years at the company, the general director talks about the art form's constant uphill struggles – and his next move
-
Eeriness and nudity – the Royal Opera’s new Rheingold is an edgy joy
For the first in his new four-year Ring cycle, Barrie Kosky pares back the sumptuousness to create a more elemental Wagnerian spectacle
-
What’s it actually about? And is it like Game of Thrones? A beginner’s Guide to Wagner’s Ring
As director Barrie Kosky tackles Das Rheingold, here is everything you always wanted to know about The Ring (but didn't dare to ask)
-
Giants, valkyries and Nazi links – Wagner’s Ring remains both toxic and irresistible
The epic cycle, by Hitler's favourite composer, is daunting, complex – and one of the most profound achievements of western civilisation
-
Daphne, review: Ancient Greece meets Nazi Germany – with surprisingly successful results
Scottish Opera's highly accomplished concert staging magnifies the problematic provenance of Richard Strauss's work
-
The hot 100 films, exhibitions, gigs and TV shows to see this autumn
From Ridley Scott's Napoleon to swashbuckling Golden Age paintings and the return of Doctor Who, our critics on the season’s must-sees
-
Kat’a Kabanova review: Corinne Winters shines in the bleakest Janáček I have ever seen
Barrie Kosky's punishingly dark vision of the Czech composer's masterpiece, recorded at the Salzburg Festival, now arrives on DVD
-
The Threepenny Opera: a near flawless revival of Brecht's searing Victorian satire
Barrie Kosky's take on Brecht's timeless 'play with songs' is a glittering highlight of the 2023 Edinburgh International Festival
Advertisement
-
The Arts Council has been humiliated over ENO
The reprieve is a tacit admission that the funding body's approach to opera was seriously wrong
-
Arts Council backtracks on plan to move English National Opera out of London and cut its funding
'Ill-thought-out and impractical scheme’ was condemned by the classical music community for tearing at ‘the flesh of our culture’
-
Semele, Glyndebourne, review: Handel’s English masterpiece gets a radical makeover
Joélle Harvey is dazzling in this thundering love story, but the production lacks cohesion, while slicing the dinner interval feels strange
-
Itch, Holland Park Opera, review: Simon Mayo's novel has inspired a zippy, clever new opera for all
Composer Jonathan Dove has created a motoric score from the drama about a schoolboy who loves the periodic table of elements
-
Horrible Histories Prom: the perfect way to introduce children to opera’s skulduggery and gore
This year’s Children's Prom played up the form's grandeur, madness and menace, keeping pre-teen audiences enthralled
-
La bohème on an Italian film set? A bold take, but it doesn’t quite gel
Opera Holland Park's new staging of the Puccini favourite recasts the action as playing out on a 1950s film set – with mixed results
-
Some great singing, but this Orfeo lacks dramatic oomph
Longborough Festival Opera's new staging of Monteverdi's great music drama scores highly for energy, less so for eloquence
-
Noah's Flood, Leeds, review: the climate crisis lends Britten's Biblical opera fresh urgency
The epitome of quality community opera, Benjamin Britten's poignant piece features an orchestra made up of fantastic young musicians
