Ben Hur! is brought back to life at the O2, Coldplay, Jay-Z and Girls Aloud perform at Wembley and see the first night of Mother Courage and her Children ... more
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
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
For a decade the director has complained that no one wanted him in London. Now Jonathan Miller is back at ENO — with a radical new production of La Bohème inspired by Brassaï... more
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
One outstanding performance made this new staging of Monteverdi's 1643 opera, The Coronation of Poppea, just about worthwhile, says Fiona Maddocks.... more
With two poorly received stagings and the season barely a month old, English National Opera needed a hit. In this raw and intelligent staging of Jenufa it has one.... more
Gaddafi: A Living Myth was given its world premiere at a Coliseum packed with leading lights of arts and politics as well as a multi-cultural presence never before seen in this gilded auditorium.... more
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