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

There is more to opera than La traviata and Turandot. In fact, some works of genius have escaped the attention of mainstream listeners. Sarah Noble lists opera’s hidden treasures.

The Welsh soprano Dame Margaret Price, specialist in Mozart and Richard Strauss, has died aged 69. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Two-year release schedule to begin with Flying Dutchman. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Four CD sets and four DVDs of Met productions to be released in February. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Local and international stars of Opera Australia’s current season will take to the stage on February 6 to raise funds for Queensland flood victims. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Sony Classical has announced an exclusive long term agreement with Georgian soprano Nino Machaidze. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Some studio recordings have finer polish than this, but few match its impetuous drama.

Glyndebourne’s Rusalka made headlines last year when soprano Ana María Martínez took a tumble into the orchestra pit.

This highlights disc focuses as determinedly on Bocelli as possible, skewing the dramatic arc.

It’s good to hear the tenor cast his net so wide; and yet, it has to be said, it’s still on home territory that he sounds his best.