With glamorous divas, the smell of greasepaint and backstage menagerie, the old Metropolitan Opera was an eye-opener for a 16-year-old boy.

With top notch playing and a star turn by rising soprano Madison Nonoa, this is one tradition to hang on to.

Warning: Diva’s crossover debut may just cloy you to death.

As another alleged victim speaks out, the Juilliard School, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Ravinia Festival have distanced themselves from the opera conductor.

To celebrate the festive season, we're sharing Christmas-themed stories every day until Christmas!

Matheson and Neave deliver pathos, irony and eye-twinkling humour in this musical biography of the famed resistance fighter.

To expand an earlier piano quartet, the composer wrangled the sounds of summer, a 9th-century hymn and a parrot's shriek.

Ahead of performances with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, the conductor explores the joys and challenges of Handel's oratorio.

Mühlemann’s operatic barge is indeed made of burnished gold.

Just in time for your Christmas stockings, our critics pick their standout CDs.

The opera company suspends its relationship with the conductor as multiple allegations of sexual abuse are made public.

A first-rate combination of international talent performing a work of exquisite grace.