The Royal Ballet and Opera announces ambitious 2025/26 season
Jakub Hrůša’s first season as Music Director sees eight new opera productions and a brand new festival exploring opera and technology
News & Features
Welsh National Opera study shows significant improvement in pain management and quality of life for participants
WNO's wellness programme has shown improvements in pain management for 67% of participants
‘I underestimated the emotional impact of working on Peter Grimes’: Director Netia Jones on Gothenburg, creative processes and the Linbury Theatre
The new Associate Director of the Royal Opera, Netia Jones is optimistic about the future of the art form. We meet her ahead of her new Peter Grimes in Gothenburg to chat about her process,...
Metropolitan Opera announces new productions for its 2025/26 season
Six new productions will be staged, including three Met premieres, alongside 12 revivals
Voice for equality: a young orchestra for modern Turkey
The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra boasts an average age of 35 and multiple collaborations with renowned opera soloists. We meet them ahead of their UK tour
Dutch National Opera’s Oum – A Son’s Quest for His Mother: ‘It’s a story that’s going forwards and backwards at the same time’
The new production from director Kenza Koutchoukali and composer Bushra El-Turk pulls from a megastar of Arabic classical music to tell a tale of familial reconciliation. Eleanor Knight meets the...
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Reviews
Handel: Apollo e Dafne and The Choice of Hercules at Shoreditch Town Hall | Live Review
Unlikely that either was staged (or even contemplated to be staged) in Handel’s lifetime, but such dramatic elements as narratives and defined characters naturally tempts organisations to present them
Strauss: Salome at the Theater Magdeburg | Live Review
Theater Magdeburg’s cast, brilliantly committed across the board, convey the energy in irresistible fashion
Opinion
Claire Jackson: 'There are times when fairness is not enough – and equity must prevail over equality'
'Sometimes, positive discrimination exists as a conscious policy. Like others, I have had my doubts about the fairness of such decisions'
The Opera Trip: 'Opera is treated as something as ridiculous as it is wondrous and essential'
The Opera Trip: how a Danish TV series is changing the game when it comes to talking about opera
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