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A superb production of Benjamin Britten's profound and intensely musical opera returns with a new cast
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Top-flight soloists and instrumentalists join community singers and players in what promises to be one of the most joyous productions of the year
It's a great year for beguiling women at the Sussex country opera house, with Carmen and Cleopatra among those weaving their seductive spells
London's finest orchestras launch their 2023/234 seasons in style, and in the opera house there is a rush of great classics
Puccini, Rossini and Handel operas, plus a marital double-bill and Gilbert and Sullivan's Tower of London tragicomedy
Today's sopranos relive some of the greatest roles played by the Greek-born soprano in a new production by Marina Abramovic
Booking opens on Wed 2 Aug for operas by Wagner, Verdi, Donizetti, Handel and more
An exciting new opera, unmissable Proms, and a Gilbert and Sullivan to lighten the mood
Booking opens 13 May for the world's biggest music festival. Gorge on romantic Rachmaninov and get ahead with new works. Proms are live on BBC Radio 3; some are televised
Our pick of the BBC Proms, the greatest music festival in the world, plus a new opera for all the family at Opera Holland Park
The greatest operas in the repertoire are staged in classic productions at the Coliseum
London's own opera festival opens at Opera Holland Park, Paddington Bear goes classical, and New Yorkers come to town
The country house opera season begins, London goes baroque, and there's a last chance to catch English National Opera's big hit, Blue
A. new Ring Cycle begins in Sir Antonio Pappano's final year as music director, and favourite operas return alongside other new productions
Bach tells the Easter story, two new operas and a brand-new choir features top voices
Out of town or just up the road, opera from May to August is a perfect fit with gardens, picnics and mingling
Operas set in France, Italy, Germany, China and Ancient Egypt, three striking fifth symphonies and, to raise a smile, Edward Lear nonsense verse set to music
Highly-praised film Tár has put women conductors into the spotlight. Here are just a few, at work in London shortly. Make a date, and maybe take a daughter too...
Drama and comedy at the opera, music for children, and Paris in song
Stirring opera with world-class artists, the powerful music of home and exile, and fun for children
The big sounds of Rachmaninov herald an anniversary year packed with the Russian-born composer's music. Plus, the forgotten Kennedy, and a Wagner fantasy
In another bumper year for outstanding musicianship, singers and players seemed to reach ever greater heights. Here is the Culture Whisper pick of people and events
Family encounters with the orchestra, contemporary music and seasonal favourites, including Mozart's musical pantomime
The Christmas story is told in grand choruses and virtuosic solos, sung by the finest artists and with thrilling instrumental playing
An opera based on a timeless movie, a chance for audiences to take charge, and musical answers to winter
Puccini's brave heroine speaks for 21st-century women, says soprano Sinéad Campbell-Wallace, who has played the role four times
Marking the arrival of autumn in music, two 50th anniversary concerts, and an exciting conducting debut
Music, theatre, visual arts and dance were the richer for the patronage of Queen Elizabeth II, who has died, aged 96
Operas to entertain and uplift, by Rossini, Mozart, Richard Strauss and Smetana