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It’s a mistake to dismiss Claus Guth’s production of Janacek’s Jenůfa as symbolically overwrought and interminably grey. Look ...

This revival of Janáček’s earliest operatic masterpiece marks the first occasion on which Jakub Hrůša has conducted the Royal Opera following the announcement of his appointment as Antonio ...

When Claus Guth’s new Royal Opera staging of Janáček’s opera Jenůfa emerged from the delays of the lockdown in 2021, it had a mixed reception. Taking away reference to the local ...

It is more than two years since the Royal Opera announced the appointment of Jakub Hrůša as its next music director, succeeding Antonio Pappano after his record-breaking 22 years in the post.

The next instalment in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is Oslo Opera House, a Snøhetta-designed project that pioneered the concept of architecture as landscape.

Young soprano Olivia Forbes has been selected for the Royal College of Music in London in September. Forbes is in Whanganui for her second New Zealand Opera School and the young Aucklander ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] An opera based on a book by Chinese-British author Hong Ying received its world premiere in London on Nov 1 with the help of two British musicians who have a long ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: If your Munich visit coincides with the opera’s annual summer festival and you’d like to attend a free live broadcast from the National Theatre/open-air concert at Max ...

Almost 30 years ago a young Romanian soprano created a sensation when she debuted as Violetta in Verdi’s La traviata at London’s Royal Opera House. With a thrilling voice and diva looks to match, a ...

An opera based on a book by Chinese-British author ... Being a British performer who can sing in Mandarin means Lavender, who teaches at London's Royal College of Music, has more Chinese than ...