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A young person's guide to the opera

13.05.09
Not only has Edward Gardner, ENO's 34-year-old music director, scored another hit with Peter Grimes this week - he's leading a cultural revolution... more

Peter Grimes is Great Britten's anti-hero

11.05.09
David Alden, in his dark, challenging new production of Peter Grimes offers an intriguing but compelling slant on that perception.... more

Making a song and dance of Mussorgsky

29.04.09
A gaunt young actor is staggering about the chalked-up floor of a rehearsal room, a vodka bottle to his lips... more

Return of the great British soprano

04.03.09
Amanda Roocroft’s singing career looked burnt out — but her comeback at English National Opera next week offers a lesson for the next generation of divas... more

50 ways to have fun in 2009

02.01.09
Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months. ... more

DAVID BOWIE: I went to buy some shoes - and I came back with Life On Mars

28.06.08
As The Mail on Sunday gives away his new album iSELECT, David Bowie reveals in his own words the fascinating stories behind the songs he personally selected for this unique CD.... more

It's an opera mash-up

12.03.08
English National Opera is joining forces with the Young Vic to create a new kind of opera out of a film by David Lynch. Something as bold as this could work only in London, says its director Diane Paulus.... more

Wet-weather gear for a stormy battle

27.02.08
Though first performed over 60 years ago, the contemporary resonances of Peter Grimes can still chill the heart of a modern audience.... more

Dispiriting display

07.01.08
James MacMillan's symphony was dispiriting and one never felt the talented National Youth Orchestra were being encouraged to dig deep.... more

No smoke, no smut

01.10.07
This almost unbelievably wide of the mark production of Carmen has no smoke, no energy and no intensity.... more

Olivier nominations in full

18.01.07
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Grimes eclipsed by glory of Venice

27.11.06
Three decades after his death, Britten's reputation as an operatic composer soars higher than ever as these productions of Peter Grimes and Death In Venice prove.... more

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