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Even if his characters sometimes lose their heads, the powerhouse German baritone Michael Volle has no intention of imitating them. You&...

Here's my review of the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer's "staged concert" of The Magic Flute the other nig...

As promised a while ago, here is the Director's Cut of my interview in Budapest with Iván Fischer, the founder and conductor of the Bud...

OK, I know this may cause a few splutterings and shouts of "preposterous" and "piffle", but this story has been bugging ...

Last night left me convinced (as if I needed convincing) that this is the most beautiful aria for tenor ever composed. What a good excuse ...

Before we get down to business with Simon McBurney's production of The Magic Flute , here's 2 1/2p about opera in translation. The r...