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A thrilling new cast renews a fine production of Donizetti's tragic opera
Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina is exceptional in the title role of Bizet's opera, but what's the Duchess of Alba doing here?
The mezzo-soprano on dying for a living, loading up on carbs and housework in the early hours
Britten, Verdi, Rameau, Mozart and a new lunar opera in a light-filled theatre for the summer
An exciting new production of Carmen, an evening with author Kate Atkinson, and musical fun for the family
It's a great year for beguiling women at the Sussex country opera house, with Carmen and Cleopatra among those weaving their seductive spells
Music by Bach for Easter, comedy and tragedy at the opera, and Peter and the Wolf for all the family
Another great revival of Puccini's masterpiece, set in the dangerous Rome of 1800
Opera searches for love and meaning, while Vauxhall unwinds with music for all ages
Love drives the drama in all four large-scale productions from February to May. Booking opens on Thurs 11 Jan
A London debut, plus opera by Puccini and Strauss – and at the cinema
It's a big year for Puccini opera and for rising stars, with music for every taste
Our top 10 artists and events in a challenging year for music and musicians
Handel's Messiah dominates the month's great music, but there is also Bach, passionate Italian opera and a German fairy tale
Healing music for a troubled world, a new symphony by Joan Armatrading and an opera film night
An opera for babies, Russian music for families, and concert hall favourites by Gershwin and Shostakovich, plus all things piano
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
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
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
Out of town or just up the road, opera from May to August is a perfect fit with gardens, picnics and mingling
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...
Stirring opera with world-class artists, the powerful music of home and exile, and fun for children
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
The Christmas story is told in grand choruses and virtuosic solos, sung by the finest artists and with thrilling instrumental playing
Puccini's brave heroine speaks for 21st-century women, says soprano Sinéad Campbell-Wallace, who has played the role four times
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