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When a mother loses her child, she sets out to find one truly happy person in her changed world...
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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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It's messy play time at Covent Garden in a madcap revival of Verdi's action-packed opera
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The despoliation of the Earth and the humiliation of women are underlying themes in a new production launching Covent Garden 2023/24
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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
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It's a great year for beguiling women at the Sussex country opera house, with Carmen and Cleopatra among those weaving their seductive spells
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London's finest orchestras launch their 2023/234 seasons in style, and in the opera house there is a rush of great classics
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Puccini, Rossini and Handel operas, plus a marital double-bill and Gilbert and Sullivan's Tower of London tragicomedy
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Today's sopranos relive some of the greatest roles played by the Greek-born soprano in a new production by Marina Abramovic
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Booking opens on Wed 2 Aug for operas by Wagner, Verdi, Donizetti, Handel and more
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An exciting new opera, unmissable Proms, and a Gilbert and Sullivan to lighten the mood
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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
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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
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The greatest operas in the repertoire are staged in classic productions at the Coliseum
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London's own opera festival opens at Opera Holland Park, Paddington Bear goes classical, and New Yorkers come to town
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The country house opera season begins, London goes baroque, and there's a last chance to catch English National Opera's big hit, Blue
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A. new Ring Cycle begins in Sir Antonio Pappano's final year as music director, and favourite operas return alongside other new productions
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Bach tells the Easter story, two new operas and a brand-new choir features top voices
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Out of town or just up the road, opera from May to August is a perfect fit with gardens, picnics and mingling
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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
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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...
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Drama and comedy at the opera, music for children, and Paris in song
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Stirring opera with world-class artists, the powerful music of home and exile, and fun for children
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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
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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
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Family encounters with the orchestra, contemporary music and seasonal favourites, including Mozart's musical pantomime
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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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An opera based on a timeless movie, a chance for audiences to take charge, and musical answers to winter
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Puccini's brave heroine speaks for 21st-century women, says soprano Sinéad Campbell-Wallace, who has played the role four times
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Marking the arrival of autumn in music, two 50th anniversary concerts, and an exciting conducting debut
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Music, theatre, visual arts and dance were the richer for the patronage of Queen Elizabeth II, who has died, aged 96
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Operas to entertain and uplift, by Rossini, Mozart, Richard Strauss and Smetana
