Singer Jamie Barton: ‘I’m not interested in roles created by the patriarchy any more’
She waved the Pride flag at the Last Night of the Proms and sang in a gender-fluid Carmen. Now the mezzo-soprano is on a mission to take toxic masculinity out of opera
December 2019
Best culture 2019
Top 10 classical music events of 2019
A great conductor took his leave at the Proms, Britten’s music triumphed on and off stage, and Rattle continued to take the LSO to new heights
September 2019
Home listening
Home listening: Leclair, Louis Couperin and back to Bach Night
Shortcuts
Rule, Britannia!: should we still be singing the jingoistic anthem?
'I thought I'd hate it': Bridget Christie on loving the Last Night of the Proms
Why, this year, Last Night of the Proms will be woke
Daniel Kidane
Brief letters
One good outcome of British Airways pilots’ strike
Prom 72: Aurora Orchestra/Collon review – Berlioz as vivid to the eye as the ear