‘Thrill, not revolt’: modern settings for operas… A basement garage rave in Mozart, Verdi’s Aida as antiwar jeremiad – the opera world doesn’t know what to make of…
Royal Opera’s The Marriage of Figaro is the… Receive free Music updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Musicnews every morning.!-->!-->!-->…
The Who review – rock operas get an orchestral… ‘I want what you’re taking,” Pete Townshend quips, pointing to an enthusiastic fan. “Not again,” retorts Roger…
Jonas Kaufmann offers sensitivity rather than… Europe had rarely experienced anything like the mania caused by Goethe’s novel Die Leiden des jungen…
Ina Chan launches twin-track effort to widen… Macau-born businesswoman and philanthropist who was casino magnate Stanley Ho’s third wife launches a Cantonese…
The Royal Opera’s Il trovatore — fine singing… The Royal Opera has spent the best part of 40 years searching for a successful production of Verdi’s Il…
‘All My Children’! ‘Days of… Finding love on set! Soap operas including Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless and…
Metropolitan Opera’s Don Giovanni review — a… Watching the first night of the Metropolitan Opera’s superb new production of Don Giovanni last Friday in…
How Baz Luhrmann Helped Dream Up An Opera’s… Karl Lagerfeld was known for evenings spent ballroom dancing with friends, as his muse Amanda Harlech recently…
Review: Los Angeles Opera turns to the raw side… Song may penetrate its culture, yet Ireland has had a curious attachment to opera. James Joyce, for instance, was…