That spirit of delight which hovered over Christopher Alden’s stylish/surreal Handel bagatelle when I first saw it in the ...

Turning an Oscar-winning film into an opera is a challenging and risky task, but the English National Opera's production of Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking is a brilliant and stunning example of how ...

When contemporary opera struggles to find its own stories to tell, it plunders promiscuously from other genres — films, theatre, TV, novels. In the process, it runs the risk of becoming a mere ...

Sky Arts director Phil Edgar-Jones will helm the board of directors for English National Opera’s trading subsidiary, London Coliseum Limited. He will be joined by two new board members, Simon Bailey, ...

This November, English National Opera brings a defining work of modern American music drama to the London Coliseum. Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, first performed in 2000, has already entered the ...

After the British composer and conductor Benjamin Britten wrote two serious operas in the form of Peter Grimes and The Rape of Lucretia, he decided to turn his hand to comedy. The result was Albert ...

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 ...

O’Sullivan has emerged as a marvellous singer-actor, with a singular, beautiful and at times sensual mezzo instrument. She makes Carmen real: defiant, provocative and fierce, brave rather than ...

A suggestion for those on the left of the aisle and those on the right of the aisle: Get rid of the aisle! Go to alternating seats: R-D-R-D-R-D-I-R, etc. Maybe you’ll find that lawmaker on your right ...

The 2025 Emmy Awards seating chart has been partially released, showing where nominees Adam Brody, Kristen Bell, and more will be seated in the crowd. Gilmore Girls stars Lauren Graham and Alexis ...

Bibb County is seeking developers to handle the architecture and engineering of a new sports arena in Macon, according to documents from the Macon-Bibb County Procurement Department. The arena, which ...