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Are we down to our last tenor?

06.05.09
Rolando Villazon has just cancelled his performances for the rest of the year — leaving the title of the greatest male voice up for grabs.... more

Cineworld doubles up to £28m and views 3D as the way ahead

12.03.09
Cineworld, the UK's second-biggest cinema owner, enjoyed a blockbuster 2008, and said it believes the future is in 3D... more

Opera house uses Chagalls as loan pledge

03.03.09
New York's Metropolitan Opera has been forced to put up two Marc Chagall murals in its lobby as a loan guarantee as it struggles to cope with the economic downturn... more

Barack Obama: Man with a culture plan

28.01.09
Now that Barack Obama has moved into the White House America’s arts world can look forward to playing a key role in his revolution — it’s a strategy we could learn from...... more

The Miller’s tale revisited

07.01.09
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

Royal Ballet's Nutcracker comes to cinema

18.12.08
The Royal Ballet's production of the Nutcracker will be screened live at Cineworld in a UK first from the Royal Opera House.... more

Liar's Poker author Michael Lewis has been revisiting his inside story of investment banking in the 1980s

24.11.08
Liar's Poker author Michael Lewis has been revisiting his inside story of the "Big Swinging Dicks" of investment banking in the 1980s... more

Met drops O-bomb in Doctor Atomic

10.11.08
The final catastrophe in John Adams's Doctor Atomic is as imaginatively conceived and devastating as the ending of any opera. ... more

Milan's finest operas to be screened live in London

10.11.08
Performances from La Scala, the legendary opera house, are to be beamed live to London... more

Lose your job and watch friends vanish

29.09.08
Alberto Vilar once promised so many millions to both New York's Metropolitan Opera and London's Royal Opera House that his name was engraved in both places — only to be removed in 2005, when prosecutors charged him with stealing most of his fortune... more

A diva for the 21st century

14.05.08
Fiona Maddocks meets soprano Danielle de Niese as she prepares to seduce Glyndebourne in L'Incoronazione di Poppea.... more

Have hair extensions taken a toll on Naomi Campbell's 'vanishing' hairline?

24.04.08
Model Naomi Campbell is well known for her ever-changing explosive moods. But it's her changing hairline that is currently causing a stir. Naomi was seen at the opening night of the Metropolitan Opera's 'La Fille Du Regiment' in New York... more

Rufus pushes himself higher

20.04.07
Rufus Wainwright wants to be a 'premier vocalist', he tells David Smyth. There's also a sneak listen to the new White Stripes record.... more

Zandra creates 'eye-popping' costumes for opera

18.04.07
Zandra Rhodes will design the set and costumes for an extravagant new production of Aida, the highlight of the English National Opera's new season announced today.... more

The fat lady steals it

12.01.07
A bravura cast performance, including a five-minute cameo from Dawn French, made La Fille Du Regiment something special. Fiona Maddocks loved it.... more

Take me out: Best weekend events

28.12.06
Richard Godwin guides you through some of the best weekend events including a New Year's Eve party at a secret Camden location and Jerry Sadowitz's magic show with a difference.... more

The accidental opera singer

18.10.06
He shot to stardom late in life. Now Marcelo Alvarez, one of the great tenors, is back at Covent Garden. He talks to Fiona Maddocks.... more

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