When a new opera receives 85 productions in 25 years you know it must be something extraordinary. So all eyes were on the Coliseum last night for the British premiere of librettist Terence McNally’s ...

He's a Spanish tenor who has captivated audiences with his extraordinary voice. Conductor Riccardo Frizza and the ...

The season opens with Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème" from Jan. 23-26, followed by Georges Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers" from ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Raise a cheer for Benjamin Britten. Faced with the challenge of performing opera in an austerity-stricken ...

The Israeli Opera turns 40 this year, an age that invites both celebration and reflection.

Niamh O'Sullivan as Carmen and John Findon as Don José: fitfully powerful, finely sungAll images by Bill Knight for The Arts Desk O’Sullivan has emerged as a marvellous singer-actor, with a singular, ...

Kishmish, known in English as raisins, are nature's powerhouses packed with concentrated nutrition and energy. These sweet dried grapes offer a wealth of health benefits, from boosting energy levels ...

Bizet’s opera Carmen is a powerful presence in our cultural landscape, with melodies such as that of the habanera “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” etched into the public’s consciousness. The gritty ...

Arts Council England won itself many new enemies when, in 2022, it announced that, for English National Opera to keep its £12million grant, it would have to move to Manchester – as as if to say, ...

Fans of "La traviata," "Aida," and "Otello" creator Giuseppe Verdi met at his statue in New York City Friday to mark 212 years since his birth. Now to a birthday party. Every year, fans of Giuseppe ...