Opera
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Le Vin herbé: It's Tristan and Isolde, but not as you know itFrank Martin’s chamber opera about the tragic lovers is the polar opposite of Wagner’s opulent extravaganza. The director of a new production explains how less is becoming more
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Royal Opera to premiere new work by George BenjaminThe British composer, whose Written on Skin is one of the most acclaimed operas of our times, is collaborating with Martin Crimp again for a work that will debut in London in May 2018
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BBC Total Immersion Day: Philip Glass at 80 review – variety, sheer difficulty and lots of arpeggios
BBC Total Immersion Day: Philip Glass at 80 review – variety, sheer difficulty and lots of arpeggios
Marin Alsop, the BBC Singers and others wished Glass a happy 80th with a career-spanning programme of his best and most challenging work -
Facing the music: Joyce El-KhouryThe Lebanese-Canadian soprano - currently winning rave reviews for her Violetta at the Royal Opera House - loves the Bee Gees, Maria Callas and Massenet
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Les Enfants Terribles review – Javier De Frutos teases out sex-games siblings' inner damageWith eight Royal Ballet dancers enacting the claustrophobic world of an incestuous couple, De Frutos weaves intricate physical poetry around Jean Cocteau’s text and Philip Glass’s limiting score
Overtures, Preludes and Intermezzi CD review – fine renditions of operatic rarities