We go behind the scenes at rehearsals for William Kentridge’s new staging of Monteverdi’s 1607 opera l’Orfeo‘L’Orfeo is an opera about opera. It’s an opera about the power of music. It’s about the power of art to construct the...
Read MoreAfter years of upheaval, English National Opera is staging its first new opera in its northern base: the Pulitzer-winning Angel’s Bone, about two angels brutally exploited by human traffickers. We talk to its creatorsI’m peering...
Read MoreBudgets have been slashed, morale is through the floor and the company has been forced to find a second base in Manchester. But the new musical director is up for a challenge. We meet the man with the hardest job in musicAndré...
Read MoreCarey was the big draw at Milan’s San Siro, but she was outweighed by pop-classical artists – and a sizeable dollop of kitschThe Winter Oympics opening ceremony arrived shrouded in mystery. There wasn’t a lot of advance...
Read MoreRaye, Deftones and Yungblud do UK tours, Jill Scott returns for more neo-soul, and the classical world gears up to celebrate Hungarian composer György Kurtág at 100• More from the 2026 culture previewSeventeen years on from the...
Read MoreNot all of the problems of Britain’s cultural sector come down to funding, but an awful lot do. That’s where leadership comes inAs you listen to a Christmas performance of Handel’s Messiah, it is easy to persuade yourself that...
Read MoreChris Ofili loves steel pans. Lindsey Mendick adores Self Esteem. And Ragnar Kjartansson enjoys everything from Bach to the Cure. Artists reveal the bangers that get their creative juices fizzingFrom Johannes Vermeer’s music...
Read MoreFour women travel 140m miles across the heavens – only to find their new world in hostile corporate hands. Composer Jennifer Walshe reveals what fed into her epic opera, from low-gravity procreation to Shrek in spaceWhy write an...
Read MoreIn a statement, 35 signatories from dance, theatre and music industries express concern about ‘fragile ecosystem’More than 30 performing arts leaders in the UK, including the bosses of the National Theatre, Opera North and the...
Read MoreThe company, which had a shortlist of five cities, had been told funding was dependent on leaving LondonEnglish National Opera has chosen Greater Manchester as its future home, a year after funders said it must move its base out...
Read MoreVoluntary redundancy process also under way due to impact of coronavirus crisis on arts sectorCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Royal Opera House has cut its entire team of casual staff, as...
Read MoreIndustry welcomes ‘surprisingly ambitious’ sum for museums, galleries, theatres and music venues‘At last a glimpse of hope’: UK arts figures on the rescue packageCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all...
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