Comedy at the Proms used to consist of the Prommers' collective badinage. Now that source of wit has dried up, this first Comedy Prom was designed to fill the giggle gap... more
El sistema, Venezuela's revolutionary music education programme, has been running for decades. One of its latest products is Christian Vásquez, a 26-year-old conductor who is already making waves... more
From Strictly Come Dancing to the Royal Ballet at the O2, today’s performers and choreographers are finding a whole new audience. Our critic Sarah Frater guides you through London’s booming scene... more
English National Ballet practically invented the Christmas tradition of The Nutcracker. It's latest new production is by company director Wayne Eagling... more
This feeble, unimaginative production at the Royal Opera House is a disappointing pitch for the festive market that’s unlikely to win converts to opera.... more
Closing its London visit with The Sleeping Beauty should be a hit for the Mariinsky. However, it felt a bit thin with the tired 1952 Sergeyev production not a patch on the fabulous 1999 version ... more
Andris Nelsons, the highly talented Latvian conductor now in charge of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, made a fantastic Proms debut.... more
The latest revival of Eugene Onegin hasn't quite mustered the luxury casting of some in the past, yet it remains one of Glyndebourne's finest current stagings.... more
The seasonal ballet staple, The Nutcracker, is a gentle, true and elegant performance, powerful and serious enough to bring a lump to the throat.... more
The Royal Opera House's free, open-air screenings of ballet and opera have become essential events. This summer there are a trio of classics to choose from.... more
James Conway's new production of Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin allows social tension to seethe below the surface, while never becoming a merely sentimental journey.
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The Royal Academy of Music's double-bill pleased the audience with nimble productions by Orpha Phelan and no shortage of youthful promise from all over the world.... more
This Philharmonia programme desperately needed either a charismatic conductor or a revelatory soloist for the Grieg. It had neither, says Barry Millington.
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There's a second chance to see reggae musical The Harder They Come, there'll be an interactive performance of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in Trafalgar Square and Hot Fuzztival gets underway.... more
Francesca Zambello's staging of Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades returns to Covent Garden with a degree more clarity than when new in 2001, says Fiona Maddocks.... more
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