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.
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 ...
Verdi's Force of Destiny is a magnificent work. Some four and a half hours long, it is packed with beautiful and stirring music and has a gripping, tragic plot, as one would expect from anything ...
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 ...
he challenge of mounting a new production of Wagner’s Ring that’s faithful to its mythic origins but which also speaks to our times is one that no opera house worth its salt wants to shirk.
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 ...
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 ...
Ignore the fanciful plot and submit to the musical glories of the Royal Opera’s bravura revival of unwieldy Verdi. And to the top of the mountain with Vladimir Jurowski and co Midnight strikes.
What a contrast with La Forza Del Destino (also playing and reviewed here)! But building a season with light and shade is the warp and weft of house programming and 19th century Italian opera ...
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★★★☆☆ The “quest journey”, in which a protagonist embarks on a hunt for something that leads to encounters with numerous symbolic characters, is one of the most ubiquitous story ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about travel, food, culture and fashion. Jewels has been called the first full-length abstract ballet. It stands out as a one-of-a ...
