‘Where do we want opera to be when we’re 100?’: how Glyndebourne is facing the future
The week in classical: The Merry Widow; Aldeburgh festival – review
Brief letters
Please, no more pics of Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak … or Taylor Swift
The Merry Widow review – De Niese and Olvera are compelling, but camp fun stifles subtlety
The Guardian picture essay
Love, laughs and lavish designs: The Merry Widow at Glyndebourne – photo essay
The Guardian view on culture: fight for the arts in our era of austerity
May 2024
The week in classical: Carmen; Celebrating 22 Years of Antonio Pappano – review
Carmen review – Chaieb beguiles as the tragic heroine in uneven production
April 2024
Sir Andrew Davis, ex-chief conductor of BBC Symphony Orchestra, dies aged 80
Musician had held top roles at Glyndebourne opera and in Chicago, Melbourne and Toronto orchestras
November 2023
L’Elisir d’Amore review – Glyndebourne takes Donizetti into the 1950s with wit and charm
Ryland Davies obituary
August 2023
The week in classical: Proms 30: Sinfonia of London/Wilson; Prom 31: Dialogues of the Carmelites; Oxford piano festival – review
The Albert Hall swooned to the sound of the Sinfonia of London and was silenced by Glyndebourne’s semi-staged Poulenc, while in Oxford you couldn’t move for great pianists
July 2023
The week in classical: Itch; Semele; Prom 16: Hallé/Elder – review
Semele review – outstanding mezzos enliven dour take on Handel’s tale of desire
June 2023
The week in classical: Dialogues des Carmélites; Tristan und Isolde; LSO/Rattle – review
Just Stop Oil protesters interrupt opera at Glyndebourne festival
Dialogues des Carmélites review – jeggings not wimples but Poulenc’s opera grips and haunts still
Lubaina Himid: ‘I love opera because it’s the way I experience life’
May 2023
The week in classical: Wozzeck; Don Giovanni – Christian Gerhaher and Anja Kampe thrill in five-star Berg
Don Giovanni review – obsession, distress and danger in uneven new production
