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
Lost Dog's ingenious retelling of the Medea myth is a witty piece of counterprogramming by the Royal Opera House
From Frederick Ashton to Joseph Toonga, this Friends gala event at the Royal Opera House celebrated the best of past and present
The industry is reeling from the Arts Council's devastating cuts – but some see a way for the art form to stay financially viable
Ministers said "Levelling up" would not amount to “robbing Peter to pay Paul”, but would benefit all. The reality looks different
Government accused of cultural vandalism with its controversial drive to ‘level up’ the arts
The latest funding decisions take a knife to world-class arts organisations, from theatre to opera – in the service of ‘levelling up’ mania
Crystal Pite has expanded her 2017 piece Flight Pattern to a three-act evening – and while the quality is high, it’s no longer stratospheric
An operatic version of the Gus Van Sant film Last Days tells of the singer’s final hours alone before he took his own life in 1994 aged 27
The funding body is hopelessly in thrall to ideological fads and nonsensical goals
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?
To mark her return to Covent Garden, world-leading choreographer Crystal Pite has turned one of her greatest hits into a full-length ballet
Principal Ryoichi Hirano makes us care deeply for the tragedy's titanically flawed anti-hero
As the Royal Opera House launches its new streaming platform, its music director looks back over his 20 years at Covent Garden
The staging doesn't always work, but Christof Loy's production eschews mawkishness to find the thrumming heart of Puccini's tragedy
Acting advocacy group raises concerns over the diversity of the cast, but ROH director insists it is ‘committed to colour-conscious casting’
‘You have to be part-policeman, part-musician, part-doctor, part-psychologist,’ he said of his work at Covent Garden
Can Grange Park Opera and a ‘footy fan chorus’ lure supporters away from the terraces?
Verona theatre invites Angel Blue to take part in ‘constructive dialogue’ after she denounces ‘offensive, humiliating’ costume decisions
Composer Laura Bowler, playwright Laura Lomas and director Katie Mitchell's new opera at the Linbury is full of rage but theatrically inert
As he prepares for Grange Park, superstar Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja discusses his physique, his fears for opera and the joys of crossover
This colourful staging of the great Saint-Saëns opera is energetic and visually impressive, if a little lacking in interpersonal chemistry
Glamorous and witty, she performed in major opera houses and concert halls and wrote of a late-life affair with an Australian called ‘Clyde’