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Arms and legs akimbo in Carmen

05.10.09

Francesca Zambello’s production throws everything at Carmen: donkeys, horses, abseiling smugglers, a giant Madonna and an orange tree.... more

Mariinsky display classic perfection with sex

13.08.09

The Mariinsky looked so sexy and so good in their Balanchine triple bill that you half wished they'd dance only the Russian-born choreographer’s work. ... more

Macbeth, Oliver! and now Puccini... theatre director Goold signs up to ENO

02.04.09

Award-winning director Rupert Goold, 36, is to direct Turandot in the English National Opera's next season ... more

Carmen suffers more from gyp than gypsy

20.03.09

Life imitating art and actors imitating their characters is not new but Gades has created a startlingly innovative double plot for Carmen.... more

Best Places for Valentine's Day in London

10.02.09

From inspirational views to candlelit concerts, here are some of the best places to celebrate Valentine's Day in London.... more

Carmen with a difference

07.07.08

Bizet's Carmen is usually presented as a big-stage spectacular but not in David McVicar's Glyndebourne production.... more

A gipsy spectacular

26.03.08

The best is saved till last in Francesca Zambello's staging of Bizet's Carmen, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

Motown touch for Mozart

14.02.08

Mark Dornford-May's take on The Magic Flute becomes a kind of multi-lingual South African township pantomime.... more

Zandra goes to the opera

07.11.07

Flamboyant designer Zandra Rhodes has created the costumes and set for Verdi's Aida. But can she make it the Christmas hit the English National Opera so desperately needs?... 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

'It was shockingly, gloriously awful'

22.08.07

As Michael Ball prepares for his first Prom, he reveals the full story of his role in English National Opera's biggest critical flop in years.... more

The Carmen touch

03.08.07

Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi was raised in a 'matchbox' house in Soweto. Now she is one of the hottest talents in London, starring as new Carmen Jones.... more

Critic's choice: Top five musicals

02.08.07

Nicholas de Jongh takes us through the top five musicals that are currently playing across the capital.... more

Showtime at the Southbank

18.07.07

Artistic director Jude Kelly's first production, Carmen Jones, is about to be unveiled at the Festival Hall. It's what this place is made for, she says.... more

Time to meet Ms Jones

17.07.07

A new all-black production of Carmen Jones is about to hit the London stage but it's still all about the music, as Warwick Thompson discovers.... more

Rival brothers who sing to win Carmen

16.07.07

Two brothers are taking the lead in a dazzling new production of Carmen Jones at the Royal Festival Hall.... more

Lust and loathing in small-town USA

12.07.07

Even fans of Matthew Bourne will wince at The Car Man whose character clichés and emotional histrionics leave the audience numb, says Sarah Frater.... more

From blockbuster films and open-air theatre to the Last Night of the Proms and Prince, it promises to be a memorable summer of entertainment in London. Our critics have picked their favourites.... more

Bremner, Blair and Brecht

20.03.07

Britain's favourite satirist says he's given up on the Prime Minister, taken up translating for the stage and is not sorry that he made a fool of Margaret Beckett.... more

Preminger musical stands the test of time

08.02.07

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Critic's choice: Opera

22.01.07

With its pouting, hip-swinging femme fatale and thumping good tunes, Bizet's Carmen is for many the epitome of opera. ... more

No smoke but plenty of fire

11.12.06

Covent Garden's new Carmen is physical and sexy and has it all: bondage, cleavage, animals, acrobats and a tenor to die for, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

Teen's spirited rhythmic adventure

07.11.06

The Wigmore Hall has no time for such frivolous concepts as "child prodigy"; either players are good enough to perform there, or they are not. At the age of 14, Benjamin Grosvenor clearly is.... more