The strike at English National Opera will achieve nothing – there is no more money
The musicians and singers downing tools in protest over funding cuts will only harm the institution they're trying to save
The musicians and singers downing tools in protest over funding cuts will only harm the institution they're trying to save
Ian McMillan’s dialect-spiced libretto brought Figaro et al to Bradford, and some superbly versatile singing kept the comedy on track
The Bard of Barnsley is bringing flat vowels to Rossini's masterpiece - and he thinks his Uncle Charlie would have been proud
The work was never meant to be staged, but Oliver Mears’s excellently sung production for the Royal Opera makes a strong case for doing so
The beleaguered company has faced online criticism in recent weeks, but the new business model could signal a brighter future
At first, he could only distribute his periodical in the gents’ loos of the Met. Twelve years later, he was being given free press seats
Tensions between musicians and the executive have long been at the heart of the opera house’s miseries
The resignation of music director Martyn Brabbins highlights the fact that only with world-class musicianship can ENO speak to the nation
David Pountney has cunningly threaded together Purcell’s music to create a stylish ecological fable – but the result doesn’t quite cohere
It's the most vivid of early operas – but not much goes well in this curiously inert, unmoving staging
Verdi staged with 'green' sets? It's a worthy, challenging proposition – and the company also remembers to make the music sparkle
This pulverising revival of Britten’s masterpiece reminds you just what could have been lost had ACE's planned funding cuts gone ahead
As director Barrie Kosky tackles Das Rheingold, here is everything you always wanted to know about The Ring (but didn't dare to ask)
The epic cycle, by Hitler's favourite composer, is daunting, complex – and one of the most profound achievements of western civilisation
Scottish Opera's highly accomplished concert staging magnifies the problematic provenance of Richard Strauss's work
From Ridley Scott's Napoleon to swashbuckling Golden Age paintings and the return of Doctor Who, our critics on the season’s must-sees
Barrie Kosky's punishingly dark vision of the Czech composer's masterpiece, recorded at the Salzburg Festival, now arrives on DVD
Barrie Kosky's take on Brecht's timeless 'play with songs' is a glittering highlight of the 2023 Edinburgh International Festival
From theatre to comedy, and opera to dance and art, our critics pick the essential performances to look out for this year in Edinburgh
It is a symbol of national pride, but rows over money and dwindling ticket sales suggest a far from certain future