classical music & opera
-
Fresh from a funeral and a recital respectively, the Celtic soul troubadour duetted with the Welsh opera star in a one-off coup for the Festival of Voice
-
Robert Orledge’s expert completions of Debussy’s unfinished operas, The Fall of the House of Usher and The Devil in the Belfry, are matched by convincing performances
-
Comment Why women take centre stage in my new opera
Melanie WilsonAs Melanie Wilson’s production about feminism and climate change debuts in Cardiff, the sound artist says female artists should seize the initiative and give opera active, not passive, female stories -
Mascagni’s little-known shocker gets a clear-minded production from Olivia Fuchs, and Anne Sophie Duprels is terrifyingly intense in the title role
-
From the archive, 21 April 1960: On a brief visit to England in his 60th year, the composer reflects on the US’s musical isolation, creativity, and his own body of work.
-
Bach and Stravinsky were early inspirations, and today, the conductor, composer and viol player’s musical interests range from Bobby McFerrin to Gershwin and Ancient Greece
-
-
Ensemble Correspondances/Daucé
(Harmonia Mundi)
facing the music
-
From Joni Mitchell, Steve Reich, Svetlanov and Mackerras to John McEnroe and the Mr Men – the pianist on the people in his musical life, past and present
-
From Queen to Quincy Jones and Stravinsky to Spamalot, the trumpeter on the music and musicians that inspire her on and off stage
-
-
Comment 'You do not need to be educated to be touched, to be moved and excited by opera'
Graham VickGraham Vick was the keynote speaker at the 2016 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards. This is a transcript of his speech. -
Music of every genre, every culture and every period employs repeated phrases for effect. Why do we love to listen to the same things again and again?
-
you may have missed
-
The director’s take on Verdi’s tragic opera has costumes by Valentino and sets by Batman’s production designer … and still it is traditional and cliched
-
Michael Güttler has taken over as conductor of Glyndebourne’s Meistersinger with only a few weeks’ notice. How has he approached a mammoth project that most musicians would expect months, if not years, to prepare for?
-
David Bowie was a fan of the ‘world’s worst singer’, but is the epithet a fair one?
-
Why do politicians love the Ring cycle? Perhaps because it’s about the intimate relationship between love and power.
guides
-
Tom Service's survey of the 50 symphonies that changed classical music
-
Tom Service introduces 50 composers from the contemporary classical music scene
-
popular
Interview Anish Kapoor on Wagner: 'He was antisemitic and I'm Jewish. Who cares?'