While Global Looks to the Future of Audio and Sport… Opera has never struggled for heroes, but its villains have always had ...

Sir Bryn Terfel is hosting a new four-part Classic FM series exploring opera’s most infamous villains, starting Friday 9th ...

Andrei Serban’s 40-year-old production is confidently revived by Jack Furness, while the vocal richness of the Russian soprano as its eponymous heroine takes things to another level When the Royal ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Anna Netrebko made her return to the Royal Opera House in September, after a six year absence, a noisy pro ...

Handel’s Ariodante received around a dozen performances at Covent Garden when it was new in 1735, but it’s taken the best part of three centuries for the Royal Opera to get around to staging it again.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. During the Overture a group of children are playing innocently when a couple of the boys engage in a mock ...

An unexpected by-product of pandemic lockdowns was the time and headspace they allowed for composers to work on big projects. Oliver Leith and Matt Copson used the opportunity well; his Last Days is ...

This autumn, the Magic Flute returns to the Royal Opera House stage in a revival of David McVicar’s acclaimed production. Running from 10 October to 3 November 2025, the Royal Opera House celebrates ...

Russian soprano Anna Netrebko returned to the Royal Opera House in Puccini’s Tosca, starring in the eponymous role - Alastair Muir/amx If the Royal Opera had aimed to open their new season in a blaze ...

The London institution is creating “RBO/Shift,” a technology festival whose first year will ask how far A.I. can push the boundaries of opera. By Farah Nayeri Reporting from London As an art form, ...

The United Kingdom‘s Royal Ballet and Opera has canceled its planned 2026 production of “Tosca” at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, following internal protest over the organization’s stance on Gaza, the ...

Virginia Woolf, in her essay “The Lives of the Obscure,” savors the potential fascination of reading authors whom posterity has cast aside: “One likes romantically to feel oneself a deliverer ...