The Austrian tenor is making his Royal Opera debut as Siegfried in the third instalment of of the Ring Cycle. He explains why operetta prepared him for the opera’s epic demands, and why Wagner’s louti ...

This is a difficult opera to stage now, and director Matthew Ozawa has found an effective solution. And audiences still hear every note of Puccini’s beloved 1904 score.

The secret of Julie Andrews' success is very simple: she just manages to be regal and gauche, witty and non compos mentis, dewy-eyed ingénue and old theatrical pro, sweet-tempered and acerbic, ...

Instead of lukewarm coffee and a forced smile, Andrew Hiers hawks cars with arias. The 38-year-old is a classically trained opera singer who recently turned to selling cars at a dealership near his ...

Bangkok-based opera director S.P. Somtow on why the genre's future may lie far from where it began: "Opera is going to survive no matter what anyone says." ...