Such thoughts on the part of a humble reviewer, and very possibly most members of an audience too, were prompted by BBC ...

In Wordsworth’s great ode Intimations of Immortality there is an imaginative reference to “the clouds that gather round the ...

It seems odd to warm to the idea of the American Dream today, but it is worth remembering that for much of the second half of the nineteenth century and… ...

of ‘the Yellow Label’ have been central to the recording of Wagner’s ...

His celebrity-sibling, the soprano Nancy Storace, a favourite with Emperor Joseph II and prima buffa in the Italian opera troupe that he had established at the Burgtheater two years earlier, sang the ...

compilation is at once a celebration of Mahler’s enduring music in sound ...

Music composed by Louise Bertin. Libretto by Victor Hugo from his novel ...

But, to modern directors and company it presents a host of challenges: the extreme vocal virtuosity of the principal roles, its juxtaposition of genres and stylistic eclecticism, and, not least, its ...

and House-debut, Gary Lehman, who earned the standing ovation he received for that feat, sharing it with the lady, Janice Baird, who jumped in to join him in mid-scene. It was not the greatest ...

has truly been an household name since the death of Luciano Pavarotti.

Drawing on the tradition of operas on historic topics, the composer used the opportunity to recount the story of the sixteenth-century century painter Matthias Gr¸newald, best known today for his ...