You have reached the limit of free articles.
To enjoy unlimited access to Culture Whisper sign up for FREE.
Find out more about Culture Whisper
Thanks for signing up to Culture Whisper.
Please check your inbox for a confirmation email and click the link to verify your account.
If you click «Log in with Facebook» and are not a Culture Whisper user, you agree to our Terms & Conditions and to our Privacy Policy, which includes our Cookie Use
Impressive singing by the chorus and soloists cannot rescue a difficult opera given an overblown new production
A new production of Verdi's opera based on Shakespeare's play defies racial stereotyping and puts marvellous singing to the fore
The superstar singer performs one of the most exciting roles in the repertoire as part of the Royal Albert Hall's 150th anniversary programme
A superb performance in the title role is a thrilling addition to a fine production of Puccini's moving opera
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
Look out something white or cream. Audiences at Garsington's first new production of the year are asked to match the opera's design....
Free lunchtime entertainment for Londoners, with music from this year's productions
London's own opera festival, spirited programmes from the city's liveliest orchestras, and high-flying soloists. Summer music starts here....
New productions of Handel, Mozart and Poulenc, plus revivals of Donizetti, Stravinsky and Britten in a star-studded summer season
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
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
From Philip Glass to Puccini and Wagner, the new season at the Coliseum crosses cultural boundaries and has something for everyone
New operas, new productions and classics come thick and fast at Covent Garden, with new superstar singers including Lise Davidsen
Monteverdi, Mozart, Dvorák, Britten and Roxanna Panufnik are this year's composers, with singers including Natalya Romaniw and Ed Lyon
Joseph Calleja, Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside and Elizabeth Llewellyn in operas by Verdi, Wagner, Janáček and Ponchielli. And booking is open now...
Bach tells the Easter story, Margaret Atwood and Zadie Smith cross from literature into music, and composers contemplate both war and peace
Puccini, Handel, Poulenc, Mozart, Donizetti and a Cornish-set opera by a 20th-century pioneering British woman composer
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
World and European premieres, classics revisited, orchestral music for children, and operas from three centuries by Handel, Verdi and Janáček
The most versatile of all instruments is celebrated in a full year of song, joyful and contemplative, old and new
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
Passion, mystery and intrigue are enacted on stage, and the finest concerts feature world-class artists breaking new ground with much-loved works
After an overnight sensation at the Royal Opera House, the tenor talks about instant fame, his love of theatre and getting children into opera
From outstanding singers and thrilling players to imaginative innovations and artists who do things differently. Here are our musical highlights of 2021
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
The Christmas story is told in grand choruses and virtuosic solos, sung by the finest artists and with thrilling instrumental playing
Christmas music, with audience singing too, plus a family opera and masterpieces by Puccini and Verdi
A comic opera to raise the spirits, uplifting music for solo piano and songs from a superstar
The London-based tenor talks about his new television career, wedding plans and incest at the opera
Booking opens 16 Nov for two three-act ballets, a new family opera, plus Mozart, Handel and Puccini
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
The musical year begins this month, and in spectacular style. Three new principal conductors, fresh productions of favourite operas and other neglected works revived