Paisley Opera are currently undertaking an ambitious production of Carmen while trying to show the art form does not have to be posh.

With its screams, sex, bells and bloodshed Puccini’s opera was initially derided as a noisy disaster. Ahead of Glyndebourne’s first ever production, we look the ‘shabby little shocker’ that’s become o ...

At 97, pioneering conductor Zheng Xiaoying heads back to Tianjin, the city where her artistic journey began, Chen Nan reports ...

BroadwayWorld chats with Shawna Lucey, Opera San Jose's General Director & CEO, about being one of a cohort of women in ...

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The Hong Kong-born conductor will succeed Esa-Pekka Salonen as music director, becoming the first woman to lead the orchestra ...

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AM the Monday after municipal elections destroyed the left in Reykjavík, and I’m standing outside Háskólabíó holding an oily ...

Many people’s first impression of Joanne Birsa is the sound of her accordion playing through an Oktoberfest festival or the ...

Levi Andreassen [ IF you ran a survey to establish which was London’s best-loved concert venue, Wigmore Hall would win hands ...

San Francisco’s Merola Opera Program will kick off its 2026 season with L’Anima Napoletana, a Neapolitan-inspired vocal/piano ...