An internationally-renowned conductor accused of upsetting a student over his use of pronouns who was sacked after a bullying row is suing for discrimination. Mark Shanahan was accused of ...
A renowned opera conductor who faced questions over his use of pronouns has claimed he is the victim of age discrimination after he was accused of bullying, an employment tribunal heard.
The Royal Opera House has announced the appointment of British violinist Magnus Johnston as Concert Master of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (OROH). Formally part of the Navarra Quartet ...
For the first in his new four-year Ring cycle, Barrie Kosky pares back the sumptuousness to create a more elemental Wagnerian spectacle Barrie Kosky's new Rheingold at the Royal Opera House Credit ...
Historic Hamburg isn’t showy like Munich, but it’s the favorite German city of Grammy-winning American conductor Alan Gilbert, who spends part of the year there as chief conductor of the ...
The close co-ordination gives us plenty of new musical-dramatic insights in Wagner's half-joky, half-deadly "preliminary evening" to the three main Ring operas about the love of power versus the power ...
Nothing gets the opera world’s heart pumping like a new production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle. The Royal Opera House announced its new staging in the depths of the pandemic, a tantalising shimmer ...
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Music news every morning. Advance publicity promised that this new production of Das Rheingold, the first segment of Wagner’s ...
Gods! Dragons! Horned helmets! Swords! Valkyries! The 15-hour apocalyptic epic is about to explode onto the Royal Opera stage. But what’s the best way to tackle ‘the ultimate opera’?
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Alcina, a beautiful enchantress with a habit of turning people who annoy her into animals and ...
Gen Charoenchai Hinthao, deputy commander of the army, has been appointed commander of the army, effective from Oct 1. He is among 762 military officers appointed in the annual military reshuffle ...
