Cecilia Bartoli has become one of today’s most popular and recognisable classical stars.

Italian conductor Riccardo Muti scoops classical music’s largest cash prize. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Pub opera instead of pub rock: Olivier Award for young Australian’s new La Bohème, performed in a tavern. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Albert Lance Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Could Southern China's new cultural beacon eclipse the Sydney Opera House?

Music director Christian Curnyn wants to show Australia a lighter side of Handel in bold, tragi-comic romp Partenope.

Another rarity rescued by Australia's Baroque opera crusaders.

Italian mezzo soprano Cecilia Bartoli has conquered the world’s great opera houses, turned Salieri into a bestseller and become a saviour of the classical recording industry… But she has never, until now, performed in Australia. Francis Merson spoke to Cecilia on the eve of her maiden tour. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

A new opera based on the life of actress and model Anna Nicole Smith has premiered in London, to surprisingly positive first reviews.

Soprano Elena Xanthoudakis has become the first Australian to win a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

More than 2,000 people have packed London's Westminster Abbey to pay tribute to the late Australian soprano Dame Joan Sutherland.

Bizet’s most famous opera Carmen will be screened in 3D across Australia. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in