Proms conductor Elim Chan: ‘Being who you are is powerful. Not all orchestras can take it’
Opera review
New Year – Blake’s 7, redemption and rap as Birmingham Opera Company turn to Tippett
This staging of Michael Tippett’s complex opera, whose story of impoverished 80s Britain takes in sci-fi, street slang and electric guitar, is a remarkable feat.
Q&A
Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński: ‘Breakdancing feeds into my performances – music dictates the way you move on stage’
The singer on his high voice, his forthcoming Proms debut and his other lives – as a breakdancer, skateboard champion and Vogue model
Album review
Mishka Rushdie Momen: Reformation – beguiling and beautiful performances make the past present
