The Kennedy clan’s darkest secret – what happened to Rosemary?
A new opera tells a harrowing tale of political ruthlessness and medical violence – with President John F Kennedy’s sister at its centre
A new opera tells a harrowing tale of political ruthlessness and medical violence – with President John F Kennedy’s sister at its centre
From Top Gun: Maverick to The Makropulos Affair, Wet Leg to The White Lotus – our experts select the year's newly minted masterpieces
Our companies have made extraordinary efforts to innovate this year yet the funding body's punishing cuts mean the art form is under threat
The award-winning novel and film is transformed into an opera of serious heft in New York, with Joyce DiDonato at a career best
With a move to Manchester on the cards, the ENO may be forced to sell the Coliseum
The industry is reeling from the Arts Council's devastating cuts – but some see a way for the art form to stay financially viable
It would be lunacy for the company to relocate to a city where Opera North already struggles to fill seats – and there is a better solution
Handel's magical tale has been given a lively makeover, while Malakai M Bayoh enraptured the entire audience (with just one sour exception)
Ministers said "Levelling up" would not amount to “robbing Peter to pay Paul”, but would benefit all. The reality looks different
The idea of moving to Manchester was news to the company and its feasibility has not been properly examined
The swingeing cuts to this great art form will have a devastating effect on Britain’s global cultural standing
Moving Verdi's opera to a luxuriant yet sleazy hotel, this production showed how little sexual mores had changed since Verdi's day
This innovative revival of Osvaldo Golijov's 2003 music-drama astutely enlists the considerable talents of choreographer Deborah Colker
This intelligent production boasts several interesting innovations but fails to solve the central issue of Britten's 'problem' opera
Performed in the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, the Iván Fischer Opera Company's production of Britten's eerie opera is a treat
Purcell's opera is here turned into a meditation on loss, grief and madness, with a strong cast but mixed results
The first great opera of the Western tradition gets a South Asian twist for an Orpheus that looks forward as well as back
In the light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, English Touring Opera's enjoyable staging of Tamerlano has a bracing topicality
An opera about the grunge singer's final day is striking, hypnotic at times, but how do you care about a man who is not really there?
This new opera at Grange Park, about two footballers desperate to save the Beautiful Game, is a wacky misfire (if a lot of fun)