Tosca review – Bryn Terfel’s lustful Scarpia returns to intimidate and compel
‘Opera should be an unstoppable art form’: Royal Opera announce Netia Jones as associate director
The week in classical: The Elixir of Love; Septura; Bone-Afide – review
The Q&A
Opera singer Bryn Terfel: ‘Who would play me in the film of my life? Meat Loaf’
Five-hour avant garde Philip Glass opera among ENO’s Manchester plans
The Elixir of Love review – Donizetti’s romcom staged as second world war sitcom is hugely enjoyable
The week in classical: The Tales of Hoffmann; Philharmonia/ Salonen; Berlin Philharmonic/ Petrenko – review
‘Take anything, but please not my voice!’: the Royal Opera’s Sound Voice Project
Laurie Anderson: Ark: United States V review – portrait of America is a multimedia mess
The week in classical: The Monster in the Maze; Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson; Rigoletto – review
The Tales of Hoffmann review – fun, carnivalesque staging goes to the dark side
‘Look at the camera as if it’s your enemy’: Shobana Jeyasingh’s desert dance among Hollywood ghosts
Letter: Fleur Adcock obituary
‘A shot of adrenaline for tired ears’: our classical writers on the music that energises them
‘I’ve stumbled deep into alien territory’: our sportswriters and arts critics swap jobs
The week in classical: Welsh National Opera’s Il trittico; Oxford international song festival – review
The Q&A
Andrea Bocelli: ‘I don’t like lies. They always have short legs, especially the ones we tell ourselves’
October 2024
Rigoletto review – Miller’s mafioso take still brings style and insights to Verdi’s masterpiece
Jonathan Miller’s iconic staging for ENO is 40 years old but with Richard Farnes conducting and a striking debut from Robyn Allegra Parton as Gilda, this remains a vibrant and engaging production
Pagliacci review – Mid Wales Opera send in the clowns for a stylish and emotive evening
Cavallo’s short opera has been downscaled for a chamber orchestra and given a simple but effective staging, rounded off with some surprise razzle dazzle
Groping, greed and the lust for great power: what Wagner’s Ring Cycle tells us about Trump v Harris
US politics may lack swords and spears, dragons and talking birds, but Wagner’s tale of money, power, rivalry and grudges still carries striking parallels with the US elections
