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Impressive singing by the chorus and soloists cannot rescue a difficult opera given an overblown new production
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A new production of Verdi's opera based on Shakespeare's play defies racial stereotyping and puts marvellous singing to the fore
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The superstar singer performs one of the most exciting roles in the repertoire as part of the Royal Albert Hall's 150th anniversary programme
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A superb performance in the title role is a thrilling addition to a fine production of Puccini's moving opera
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Our pick of the BBC Proms, the greatest music festival in the world, plus the best events at other venues and on the city's opera stages
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Look out something white or cream. Audiences at Garsington's first new production of the year are asked to match the opera's design....
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Free lunchtime entertainment for Londoners, with music from this year's productions
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London's own opera festival, spirited programmes from the city's liveliest orchestras, and high-flying soloists. Summer music starts here....
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New productions of Handel, Mozart and Poulenc, plus revivals of Donizetti, Stravinsky and Britten in a star-studded summer season
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London premieres, much-loved classics and a host of big-name performers in the world's largest music festival. Booking opens 9AM, Sat 21 May
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It's a bumper month for women composers, soloists and conductors, with world and London orchestral premieres and the Opera Holland Park season under way
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From Philip Glass to Puccini and Wagner, the new season at the Coliseum crosses cultural boundaries and has something for everyone
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New operas, new productions and classics come thick and fast at Covent Garden, with new superstar singers including Lise Davidsen
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Monteverdi, Mozart, Dvorák, Britten and Roxanna Panufnik are this year's composers, with singers including Natalya Romaniw and Ed Lyon
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Joseph Calleja, Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside and Elizabeth Llewellyn in operas by Verdi, Wagner, Janáček and Ponchielli. And booking is open now...
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Bach tells the Easter story, Margaret Atwood and Zadie Smith cross from literature into music, and composers contemplate both war and peace
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Puccini, Handel, Poulenc, Mozart, Donizetti and a Cornish-set opera by a 20th-century pioneering British woman composer
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Celebrating Mozart and Haydn, looking ahead to Easter with Bach, going to sea with Benjamin Britten and making your own music with the London Sinfonietta
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World and European premieres, classics revisited, orchestral music for children, and operas from three centuries by Handel, Verdi and Janáček
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The most versatile of all instruments is celebrated in a full year of song, joyful and contemplative, old and new
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The clarinet and trumpet show off their appeal, one Handel opera is staged after 270 years while another is given in concert, and two great American conductors breeze into town
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Passion, mystery and intrigue are enacted on stage, and the finest concerts feature world-class artists breaking new ground with much-loved works
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After an overnight sensation at the Royal Opera House, the tenor talks about instant fame, his love of theatre and getting children into opera
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From outstanding singers and thrilling players to imaginative innovations and artists who do things differently. Here are our musical highlights of 2021
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Messiah makes an impact however it is sung. But what's so special about an oratorio written in a rush and using recycled material? Claudia Pritchard explains
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The Christmas story is told in grand choruses and virtuosic solos, sung by the finest artists and with thrilling instrumental playing
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Christmas music, with audience singing too, plus a family opera and masterpieces by Puccini and Verdi
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A comic opera to raise the spirits, uplifting music for solo piano and songs from a superstar
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The London-based tenor talks about his new television career, wedding plans and incest at the opera
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Booking opens 16 Nov for two three-act ballets, a new family opera, plus Mozart, Handel and Puccini
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A new work by Isobel Waller-Bridge, London's newest orchestra plays Mozart, comedy with Cal McCrystal, and masterpieces for the stage by Verdi, Wagner
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The musical year begins this month, and in spectacular style. Three new principal conductors, fresh productions of favourite operas and other neglected works revived
