Tristan und Isolde, Glyndebourne: this superb revival combines mythic grandeur and humanity
There have been more passionate stagings of this opera, but it would be hard to find one which makes its essential message so seductive
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There have been more passionate stagings of this opera, but it would be hard to find one which makes its essential message so seductive
Although directed with admirable directness, this staging tries and fails to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear
In this concert staging of Orlando, Iestyn Davies was peerless as the eponymous knight, surrounded by unhappy lovers and conniving magic-men
From a Mozart makeover to hip-hop meets Purcell, classics are imagined anew this season
The major roles in Britten’s retelling of Shakespeare’s tale brought out the music’s uncanny lyricism, but lacked chemistry
Opera grandee Stephen Barlow on his unusual pre-concert routine, why conducting has nothing to do with emotion – and his distinctive hair
The Merry Widow in this most rarified of country-house settings? She may not entirely belong here, but this staging sweeps you along even so
There is little innovation in this new production – but that’s no bad thing when the leads are as strong as this
Donizetti meets Gilbert and Sullivan in a performance that is not shy about finding the humour in the composer’s work
David Bates’s conducting leaves little flexibility and freedom for the voices to create their own drama out of Busenello’s vivid text
Judith Weir’s whimsical woodland psychodrama gets a film noir treatment – with a score so taut it threatens to burst
Grange Park’s season opens with a double bill crafted around the talents of Bryn Terfel – all-round sophisticated exuberance
The mezzo-soprano on the joy of comic operas, her new role at Grange Park, and her difficult relationship with the late novelist
This gaudy 1896 drama is an odd choice for the swansong of Covent Garden’s great music director, but he just about pulls it off
Rameau’s opera has a deeply unpleasant plot, but Garsington’s exuberantly vulgar, expertly sung staging makes it fly
One of Britain’s finest conductors talks about the crisis at ENO and saying goodbye to the Hallé Orchestra after nearly quarter of a century
The founder of Opera Holland Park on arrogance in the industry, getting children into classical music and high-level philistinism
This biting new production wrenches the piece into the present, displaying a struggle for women’s autonomy in the face of male oppression
His Majesty was the special guest at a gala celebrating Sir Antonio Pappano, who conducted the coronation
This opera’s constant energy and drive was captured to the full by the small, taut forces of the Irish Baroque Orchestra