Topic

Opera

I Puritani at Royal Opera: Lisette Oropesa is astounding

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I Puritani at Royal Opera: Lisette Oropesa is astounding

La fanciulla del West: An opera through a haze of cowboy stereotypes

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La fanciulla del West: An opera through a haze of cowboy stereotypes

The Turn of the Screw at the Royal Opera: commanding and unsettling

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The Turn of the Screw at the Royal Opera: commanding and unsettling

Alfie Boe slams Timothée Chalamet’s 'shocking' opera remark

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Alfie Boe slams Timothée Chalamet’s 'shocking' opera remark

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny: A Trumpian 'hellhole' opera

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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny: A Trumpian 'hellhole' opera

Saul at London Handel Festival: Has the family tensions of Succession

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Saul at London Handel Festival: Has the family tensions of Succession

Così fan tutte: Has a broad humour that Mozart might have enjoyed

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Così fan tutte: Has a broad humour that Mozart might have enjoyed

Death of Gesualdo: Powerful tableaux of a psycho, butchering prince

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Death of Gesualdo: Powerful tableaux of a psycho, butchering prince

Unmissable London: The best culture to experience in 2026

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Unmissable London: The best culture to experience in 2026

Ariodante at Royal Opera: glorious first staging in 300 years

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Ariodante at Royal Opera: glorious first staging in 300 years

Last Days review: 'One of the most original operas this century'

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Last Days review: 'One of the most original operas this century'

Royal Ballet and Opera £415 tickets face 'dynamic pricing' backlash

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Royal Ballet and Opera £415 tickets face 'dynamic pricing' backlash

The Railway Children opera review: 'Were kids this nice in the 80s?'

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The Railway Children opera review: 'Were kids this nice in the 80s?'

The Makropulos Case review: A retort to 'endemic misogyny' in opera

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The Makropulos Case review: A retort to 'endemic misogyny' in opera

Albert Herring at English National Opera: 'Packs a punch'

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Albert Herring at English National Opera: 'Packs a punch'

Cinderella at London Coliseum: 'Hugely enjoyable contemporary spin'

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Cinderella at London Coliseum: 'Hugely enjoyable contemporary spin'

Melania: The Opera review: 'First Lady satire that is somehow moving'

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Melania: The Opera review: 'First Lady satire that is somehow moving'

Grimeborn's Lucia di Lammermoor review: appealingly unconventional

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Grimeborn's Lucia di Lammermoor review: appealingly unconventional

Lucia di Lammermoor at Opera Holland Park review: the leads soar

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Lucia di Lammermoor at Opera Holland Park review: the leads soar

Scuffle reportedly breaks out at Royal Opera House after Palestine flag unfurled

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Scuffle reportedly breaks out at Royal Opera House after Palestine flag unfurled

Pretty Yende on the raw power of music: ‘opera is literally soul food’

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Pretty Yende on the raw power of music: ‘opera is literally soul food’

Salome at the Barbican review: gripping performance from a dream cast

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Salome at the Barbican review: gripping performance from a dream cast

Semele at Royal Opera House review: 'deeply disturbing'

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Semele at Royal Opera House review: 'deeply disturbing'

A Visit to Friends at Aldeburgh: 'a totally new harmonic language'

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A Visit to Friends at Aldeburgh: 'a totally new harmonic language'

The Flying Dutchman at Opera Holland Park: ambitious and intense

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The Flying Dutchman at Opera Holland Park: ambitious and intense

Parsifal at Glyndebourne review: Wagnerian drama at its most gripping

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Parsifal at Glyndebourne review: Wagnerian drama at its most gripping

Teenager Florence surprises Charles with ‘awesome’ hug

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Teenager Florence surprises Charles with ‘awesome’ hug

The Excursions of Mr Brouček review: 'laboured comedy in comic opera'

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The Excursions of Mr Brouček review: 'laboured comedy in comic opera'

Natalya Romaniw on Die Walküre: 'It's not just balls to the wall!'

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Natalya Romaniw on Die Walküre: 'It's not just balls to the wall!'

Winterreise by Joyce DiDonato and Maxim Emelyanychev at Wigmore Hall

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Winterreise by Joyce DiDonato and Maxim Emelyanychev at Wigmore Hall