Tag: Opera

If you recall Pixar’s UP, a comedy where an old man balloons with his dog to South America, a funny moment appears in Carl’s...

Opera in the UK is in crisis. In the latest round of government funding allocated by The Arts Council England (ACE), many of the...

"Those who aren’t so familiar with the plots of the major operas, or who wish to immerse themselves in the romance, revenge and occasional comedy so characteristic of the genre, needn’t worry that Opera Scenes isn’t staging a full production."

This is a strength of the performance: with a range of experiences of grief explored by a variety of composers and librettists, no one singular experience is presented, but instead the performance looks at the nuances of the emotions of grieving.

The ancient Greeks were so moved by music that in their mythological conception, the father of songs, Orpheus, could move even the rocks. In less fanciful...

Premiered in 1787 in Prague and in the Habsburg court in Vienna, Mozart’s Don Giovanni offered a biting social comedy. Breathing new life into...

Clementine Scott is impressed by the Oxford Contemporary Opera Festival at Saint Hilda's.

Readers don’t want to read an essay. If they did, they would be scouring SOLO instead of flicking through a newspaper. The majority simply want to know if buying a ticket translates into a fun evening out.

At one point America's most successful symphonist, lauded for his ode to forgotten black soldiers, few today have heard of W. G. Still. According to The Cambridge History of American Music, “No composer plummeted from authentic prominence to an eclipse more total than endured by William Grant Still.”

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The People's Opera's production of Eugene Onegin is a great achievement against the odds

Josh Taylor explores opera's apparent lack of appeal

The multilingual reimagining of the Christmas Truce at Leeds Town Hall feels particularly timely

Isaac Pockney is spellbound by an opera that puts a fresh twist on a classic tale