From Mendelssohn's scherzo in A Midsummer Night's Dream to Grieg's Morning Mood from Peer Gynt, music composed for the theatre was never just 'incidental' News that the Royal Shakespeare Com…
A composition by the outgoing festival director will feature in one of this years final concerts Continue reading...
He's putting the shock into the baroque " and he couldn't care less about all the outrage he's causing. Maverick conductor Christian Curnyn says why sex, swearing and Stratocasters are just …
No one today has better mastered the art-form of marrying words and drama to music, and keeping that essentially operatic ideal alive in a broader public consciousnessYes, yes, there's a lot…
It seems the storm has passed and Opera North will stage Hall's community opera after all. But how did things come to this pretty pass?Common sense seems to have prevailed: Lee Hall and Harv…
ENO's viral video promoting Muhly's new opera about the dangers of the internet makes light of what will be a dark dramaENO's viral video advertising Nico Muhly's new opera is a kick-ass th…
It's hard to find any truly comedy classical, but record covers are another matter. And as for classical critics doing standup ...Can you think of any funny classical music? Haydn string qua…
No excuse for the hyperbole: this really is one of the great Wagner productions of our timeYou all know by now " well some of you may know, and a few of you will have been there too " just h…
Mr G: The Musical, Chris Lilley's camp school extravaganza, would have been a great blueprint for the Royal Opera's showAll the fuss over operas about sex and drugs and silicone enhancements…
Parsifal has been seen as the most antisemitic and ideologically suspect of any of Wagner's works, but that's not how Nikolaus Lehnhoff's ENO production treats itOpera is the most risky art …
Opera novice Mike Figgis is taking charge of Lucrezia Borgia at the ENO. Trouser parts and Renaissance porn were part of a steep learning curveMike Figgis is about to make his debut as …
New research suggests young people are put off by formal concert formats. But educating them is what will really engage them " not just allowing them to bring in a drinkSo young-ish people, …