Opera

Best Italian operas

Italian operas: 5 of the best to explore after Tosca

best opera recordings released on CD and DV

The best opera recordings released on CD and DVD in 2021 so far

Puccini's Tosca guide

Puccini’s Tosca: A guide to when and why this dramatic opera was composed

Puccini's Tosca best recordings

The best recordings of Puccini’s Tosca

When and why did Verdi write Aida?

When and why did Verdi write Aida?

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Who wrote the first opera

What was the first opera ever written?

Pretty Yende in Gaetano Donizetti’s ‘Lucia Di Lammermoor’ at the Bastille Opera House in Paris (credit: Getty Images)

Why do opera singers use so much vibrato?

'Comedy and Tragedy' masks (Digital Composite)

What is the difference between a musical and an opera?

When did Gilbert and Sullivan split up

Why did Gilbert and Sullivan quarrel over a carpet?

A guide to Wagner’s Parsifal

Wagner's Tristan und Isolde guide

A guide to Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde

Six of the best Mozart operas

Wagner's great Romantic opera Lohengrin

A guide to Wagner’s Lohengrin

A guide to Gluck’s style…