Opera

Is Glyndebourne Festival Opera taking place in 2021?

Is Glyndebourne Festival Opera taking place in 2021?

What are the lyrics to ‘Nessun Dorma’ from Puccini’s opera Turandot?

What are the lyrics to ‘Nessun Dorma’ from Puccini’s opera Turandot?

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 best recordings

The best recordings of Puccini’s Tosca

When and why did Verdi write Aida?

When and why did Verdi write Aida?

Sunrise and Sanap Cliffs - Photo by Adam Osinski

Music festivals of Gozo Music festivals of Gozo

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?

What is the difference between a musical and an opera?

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

Six of the best Mozart operas

Puccini's best arias

Six of the best Puccini arias