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'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

World News

Montserrat Caballe handed six-month suspended jail sentence

The Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe has been handed a six-month suspended jail sentence and fined more than 250,000 euros for tax evasion

15/12/2015

Musica

Center stage: Opéra National de Paris

10/12/2015

Musica

Forgotten gems from Wexford Opera Festival

Ireland can boast one of the most prestigous international music events: Wexford Opera Festival, now in its 64th edition. Its aim is quite unique

12/11/2015

Musica

Hitchcock's 'Notorious' becomes opera in Sweden

As 2015 marks the centennial of Ingrid Bergman's birth, Gothenburg's opera house honors the late Swedish actress with a version of 'Notorious', Hitchcock's cult film.

29/10/2015

Musica

Desdemona a victim? Never!

A much-anticipated new production of Verdi’s Otello has opened the season at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. It’s a lavish show full of excitement

14/10/2015

Musica

Florez lights up the stage in Orphée et Eurydice at Covent Garden

Juan Diego Flórez is one of the most sought after tenors of our time. Far from his usual Bel Canto repertoire, Flórez shines singing in French at the

01/10/2015

Musica

Center stage: The Metropolitan Opera

01/10/2015

Culture news

Tintin comes to life in open-air Opera

Famous boy detective Tintin has come to life on stage in a new open-air production by Opera For All. The Belgian company chose the classic 1963 comic

25/09/2015