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Alma Deutscher celebrated composer, musician and writer at the age of 11

Alma Deutscher composer, virtuoso pianist and concert violinist.

25/11/2016

Musica

'Les Contes d'Hoffmann' at Opéra Bastille, Paris

Paris’ Opéra Bastille is showing Offenbach’s masterpiece, “Les contes d’Hoffmann”, a fantastic tale where the surreal mixes with the tragic.

10/11/2016

Musica

Turin celebrates Puccini's Boheme

Turin's Teatro Regio celebrates the first performance of "La Bohème", 120 years ago. We discuss this with Maestro Gianandrea Noseda

27/10/2016

Musica

Toulouse honours Shakespeare with Berlioz opera

The Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse is staging a new version of "Béatrice et Bénédict," Berlioz's last opera, directly inspired by Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing."

13/10/2016

Musica

Sonya Yoncheva's first-time "Norma" wows London's Royal Opera House

It is the pinnacle of bel canto: Vincenzo Bellini’s masterpiece “Norma” has opened the new season at the Royal Opera House in London.

15/09/2016

Cult

Doors open to Dubai's new opera house

Dubai Opera, the purpose built multi-format performing arts theatre is well set to become Middle East's premiere arts centre.

02/09/2016

Cult

Opera goes underground in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires’ subway commuters broke their daily routine in mid-August when an opera company took to Las Heras station’s main hall to perform an 18th century…

26/08/2016

World News

Italian soprano Daniela Dessi dies suddenly

Renowned Italian soprano Daniela Dessi has died aged 59.

21/08/2016

Musica

'West Side Story' hits Salzburg

Leonard Bernstein’s masterpiece “West Side Story” is the highlight of the Salzburg Festival in Austria.

20/08/2016

Musica

Operalia 2016: South Korean tenor and French-Danish soprano take top prizes

Guadalajara, in Mexico, has been hosting the 24th edition of Operalia and, more than ever, it’s been about excellence.

04/08/2016

Cult

Verdi's African-themed Macbeth impresses in Athens

A remarkable take on Verdi’s Macbeth has opened at the Athens Festival.

31/07/2016

Musica

Diana Damrau wows Paris in Lucia di Lammermoor

Diana Damrau is at the pinnacle of Bel Canto, and the soprano has just stirred Paris with a memorable performance of the Donizetti classic, 'Lucia di Lammermoor'.

23/06/2016

Musica

West Side Story in Salzburg, the operatic emotion

26/05/2016

Musica

Center stage: Salzburg Whitsun Festival

25/05/2016

Cinema

Who is the World's Worst Opera Singer?

Florence Foster Jenkins inspires the silver screen

18/04/2016

Musica

Bryn Terfel as Mussorgsky's haunted tsar

It’s a Russian epic, a great drama of conscience – Mussorgsky’s only completed opera Boris Godunov. For the first time London’s Royal Opera House is

31/03/2016

Musica

Two Tchaikovsky masterpieces reunited at Paris Opera

The curtain has risen on a Tchaikovsky double bill at the Paris Opéra: The one-act opera ‘Iolanta’ and the classical ballet ‘The Nutcracker’ are

17/03/2016

Musica

Star countertenor Philippe Jaroussky takes Monte Carlo by storm

A virtuoso performance of Handel's Alcina

18/02/2016

Musica

The epic race to the South Pole on the operatic stage

The epic race between Britain's Scott and Norway's Amundsen hits the operatic stage: "South Pole" celebrates its world premiere in Munich.

04/02/2016

Musica

Kaufmann & Terfel shine in bold "Damnation of Faust"

Faust is transposed to the 21st century in daring new production by Alvis Hermanis at the Paris Opera

03/01/2016