The production features Gluck’s reworking of the original German opera into a French-language production featuring ballet. Orpheus is distraught after the sudden death of his young wife Eurydice.

Pinching pitches at an apex, Janáček’s “Jenůfa” scales extremes. The opera tells of sextoness Kostelnička Buryjovka, who takes a lethal misstep to protect her stepdaughter. Persuaded Laca will agree ...

Almost 30 years ago a young Romanian soprano created a sensation when she debuted as Violetta in Verdi’s La traviata at London’s Royal Opera House. With a thrilling voice and diva looks to match, a ...

Out of all the artistic activities in Hong Kong, perhaps none is more overlooked than Cantonese opera. Yet there may still be hope for this forgotten art. A small but dedicated bunch of students ...

Junior soloist Ivana Bueno steps in at short notice to make her debut as Odette/Odile at the Royal Albert Hall with English National Ballet. It augurs well for her future.

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When she couldn’t find an adult dance program for experienced dancers in her Texas town, she reached out to one an hour away that allows her to take ballet classes with high school students ...

Angel Blue, soprano superstar and Los Angeles native, stars in the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Verdi’s Aida, streaming Live in HD to cinemas around the world on Saturday ...

When Claus Guth’s new Royal Opera staging of Janáček’s opera Jenůfa emerged from the delays of the lockdown in 2021, it had a mixed reception. Taking away reference to the local ...

It was nicely appropriate that one of the ovations on first night should be for conductor Jakub Hrusa, who was making his maiden appearance as the new music director of the Royal Opera House.

For her part, Bryce-Davis took to social media and said, “Aaaand, it’s official! I’ll be jumping into a run of Aida at the Royal Ballet and Opera singing my beloved Amneris. This will mark my house ...

It’s a mistake to dismiss Claus Guth’s production of Janacek’s Jenůfa as symbolically overwrought and interminably grey. Look closer and you’ll discover dualities and colour under ...