The slipshod argument offered in Stephen Bleach’s column “Want to cut debt? Turn off the cash taps for opera and horse dancing” ( Comment , last week) is...

Maria is just the latest in a series of half-baked projects about the opera star. It’s her artistry that deserves your time

Josef Suk’s sombre monument to departed souls was played with inspiration and flexibility when given a rare outing at the Royal Albert Hall

As he brings a taste of his Nordic home to the Southbank, the Philharmonia’s hunting, fishing, foraging Finnish chief conductor isn’t mincing his words

The conductor Donald Runnicles celebrates his 70th birthday at the Usher Hall with a powerful Edinburgh Festival performance of Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony

Wallen is the first black person to be appointed to the coveted role. She talks about her journey from Belize to Buckingham Palace and her radical plans

As an explosion of joy and expression of humanity, this performance at the Royal Albert Hall of the composer’s last complete symphony couldn’t be bettered

The conductor was sexually abused as a boy and found solace in music. Now his groundbreaking Paraorchestra for disabled performers is making its Proms debut

The creators of the first Sherlock Holmes opera tell Holly Williams about putting the detective on stage as part of Leeds Opera Festival

At the Edinburgh International Festival, this Komische Oper Berlin staging drops like a small bomb at the Festival Theatre