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Women of the Windrush review – a carefully crafted operatic tribute of true stories
Music

Women of the Windrush review – a carefully crafted operatic tribute of true stories

Shirley J Thompson’s opera takes a house clearance of one of the Windrush generation as a jumping off point

Celebrating 100 years of composer Pierre Boulez, a provocative musical thinker
Classical Music

Celebrating 100 years of composer Pierre Boulez, a provocative musical thinker

Pierre Boulez’s confrontational approach to composition changed the way we think about classical music

There’s a tragic inevitability with Angelina Jolie’s Maria Callas
Music

There’s a tragic inevitability with Angelina Jolie’s Maria Callas

Distilling Callas’s life into a timeline of a few days means a tragic inevitability threads its way through every scene in Maria

I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me
Streetwise Opera

I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me

I committed a cardinal sin at the Wexford Festival Opera
Claire Jackson

I committed a cardinal sin at the Wexford Festival Opera

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Oedipus Rex and the emerging trend of operas using a mix of amateur and pro voices
Music

Oedipus Rex and the emerging trend of operas using a mix of amateur and pro voices

Why English National Opera relocating to Manchester will be more complicated than it looks
Music

Why English National Opera relocating to Manchester will be more complicated than it looks

The Last Siren: This dementia-friendly night at the opera is making arts more inclusive
Opera

The Last Siren: This dementia-friendly night at the opera is making arts more inclusive

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better
opera

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better

The Kennedy dynasty’s darkest secret
opera

The Kennedy dynasty’s darkest secret

Hints of Scrooge at the Arts Council of England
Music

Hints of Scrooge at the Arts Council of England

English National Opera cuts speak of a deeper problem
funding

English National Opera cuts speak of a deeper problem

English National Opera is in a fight for its life
Music

English National Opera is in a fight for its life

The solution to racism controversy in opera is staring us in the face
music

The solution to racism controversy in opera is staring us in the face

In opera Violet, time becomes elastic and society crumbles
classical music

In opera Violet, time becomes elastic and society crumbles

Pioneering opera about a transgender woman comes to the UK
Music

Pioneering opera about a transgender woman comes to the UK

Houses Slide: Opera star gets on her bike to tackle climate change
Music

Houses Slide: Opera star gets on her bike to tackle climate change

How La bohème reveals the consequences of poverty and homelessness
Culture

How La bohème reveals the consequences of poverty and homelessness