Transplanting a tale of ancient Egypt to a modern-day military dictatorship is a difficult and rather dubious task, but ...

Leoš Janáček is now acknowledged as one of the greatest opera composers of the early 20th century and Jenůfa is perhaps his finest and certainly his most intense work. It is not often seen, however, ...

The Royal Opera’s newest production, Festen, is a rebuke to those who accuse the art form of being elitist and outdated, says the company’s director Oliver Mears ...

One might say something similar about Vincent van Gogh, who was told at the age of 28, “You are no artist . . . You started too late.” Almost every one of his masterpieces was painted in the last two ...

The Royal Opera House has the largest collection of theatre costumes in the UK and next month it’s holding its first ever costume sale in Wales, It’s taking place at Scenery Store in Aberdare ...

Muscat, Jan. 15 (BNA): His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, accompanied by members of the official delegation and Oman’s Minister of Interior, Humood bin Faisal Al Busaidi, Head of the Honour ...

Robert Carsen’s abstract revival of Verdi’s opera feels like a work-in-progress of a dauntingly all-too-topical show ...