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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...