The Yeomen of the Guard: a touching tribute to G&S’s marvellous marriage of words and music
The Grange Festival's new staging updates the plot from the 16th century to just after the First World War, and it works a treat
The Grange Festival's new staging updates the plot from the 16th century to just after the First World War, and it works a treat
Paul Nilon brings passion and integrity to the hero of Handel's historical epic, but is let down by a static, uninventive staging
Grange Park's staging of Janacek’s most eccentric opera reveals what an engagingly (and completely) eccentric creation it is
This new production bravely pulls the Puccini favourite into the present day, but could have raised the bar further
Garsington Opera's new production of Monteverdi's 1607 masterpiece is a terrific evening of true ensemble work
In Opera Holland Park’s new production, Tchaikovsky’s music sounds fresh and the singing is strong, but the directorial choices are odd
Longborough have taken on the third Ring opera – and it’s a challenge to which the company valiantly rise, but are only fitfully equal
Garsington Opera’s artistic director Douglas Boyd discusses country-house traditions, the Covid recovery, and the importance of community
This colourful staging of the great Saint-Saëns opera is energetic and visually impressive, if a little lacking in interpersonal chemistry
Glyndebourne is staging Ethel Smyth’s pioneering, dramatic, rarely performed 1903 opera – and is making the best possible case for it
Splendidly staged and sung, Thomas Allen's touring revival of his 2013 production does Mozart's great supernatural melodrama proud
The composer of 2022's Glyndebourne opener served time in jail, fell in love with Virginia Woolf – and rewrote the rules for women in music
The singing in this concert performance of Beethoven's masterpiece at the Barbican sat oddly with the Insula Orchestra's period instruments
This 1738 opera shows the composer at his most mischievous – and this performance at St Martin-in-the-Fields was splendidly done
With concerts free of Covid restrictions at long last, our classical music critic looks ahead to the highlights of this year’s festival
The South African artist has channeled his visual obsessions into a powerful, prophetic 40-minute masterwork
Danielle de Niese excels in Poulenc’s operatic adaptation of the Cocteau drama, about an ex-lover on the phone to the one who jilted her
In Errollyn Wallen’s new opera at the Southbank, there’s much praise to grit in the face of adversity – but the detail is all too thin
Annilese Miskimmon's first production as English National Opera's latest artistic director was a challenging choice in more ways than one
As she brings one of opera’s most demanding roles to the small screen, the star talks about love, trauma and sensuality