Actor Timothée Chalamet was credited by RBO’s chief exec with inadvertently boosting ticket sales through his high-profile critique of the art forms
The head of the UK’s Royal Ballet and Opera has tha…
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Chalamet thanked by Royal Ballet and Opera boss for boosting ticket sales ⊕⊕
Alex Beard says the public response to Chalamet saying "no-one cares about ballet or opera" was "fantastic."
31 days ago
King's favourite tenor in Airbnb row: Opera star who sang for Charles and shared stage with Beyonce must shut illegal holiday let at £1.5m home ⊕
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Opera star Geoff Sewell has share the stage with Beyonce but has now found himself facing a decidedly less glamorous audience - local council planners.
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Masterpiece, fridge magnet, phone case … opera: how Hokusai’s The Great Wave hit the stage ⊕⊕
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He survived a stroke, a lightning strike, a fire – and created one of the world’s most recognisable images. Now the Japanese artist’s ‘wild, fascinating’ life has inspired an opera
Opera has inspired …
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From shiveringly vivid Mahler to the eclectic Hermes Experiment: our top classical recordings of 2025 ⊕⊕
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Opera may be conspicuous by its absence, but the brilliance of Berlin Philharmonic’s Schoenberg and the exceptional South Korean Yunchan Lim gave us plenty to sink our teeth into this year
The survey…
5 months ago
Strauss, Dvořák and Glazunov album review – packs a dramatic punch ⊕
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Jakub Hrůša’s absorbing treatment gives life to three late-19th-century works reflecting on the notion of heroism
This absorbing release on the Leipzig-based…
Northern Ireland's national anthem singer brutally trolls Germany surprise outfit change - but it is not the first time she has performed the trick ⊖
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Opera singer Carly Paoli set the stage for Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifier against Germany with a dramatic reveal when performing the national anthems.
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Tosca review – punchy new Puccini rises above the ‘Shame on you’ Russian soprano protests ○
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Outrage over the casting of Anna Netrebko didn’t make it to the inside of the auditorium – where roars of approval greeted this high-stakes game of blood-spattered conflict d…
Opera tells story of German journalist who posed as migrant worker for two years ○
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Docu-opera explores encounters and ethics of Günter Wallraff’s undercover work in 1980s, which he now describes as an existential necessity
Few people have done more to change the way postwar Germany …
8 months ago
UK’s Royal Ballet and Opera withdraws Tosca production in Tel Aviv ○
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Show scheduled for next year pulled after 182 members of UK company sign letter criticising RBO’s stance on Gaza
The Royal Ballet and Opera has pulled its 2026 production run of Tosca at the Israeli O…