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Ballet at its finest does something no other art form can match. It can articulate elusive emotions and ineffable relationships, making them...

His name is Richard Wagner, and if you let him, that's what he'll do. Of course, you mightn't show him in through the door in th...

The Ring cycle is about to begin at Covent Garden, and yesterday a friend kindly invited me to the dress rehearsal of Das Rheingold . Opera...

Curious to see whether Na'ama Zisser's Mamzer Bastard actually deserved the vicious drubbing to which other critics have subjected ...

Had a fantastic interview with the composer Na'ama Zisser and librettists Rachel C Zisser and Samantha Newton about their new opera, Mam...

Barbara Hannigan as Isabel, Stéphane Degout as The King, Gyula Orendt as Gaveston Photo: Stephen Cummiskey There has been a great dea...

I've spent part of this week on tenterhooks, chasing one of the best-loved of all British baritones for an urgent interview deadline. He...

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