Wagner Ring News Today

La Monnaie in Brussels has posted the image below to advertise the start of its new Wagner cycle next week. Appropriate in light of recent events? Insensitive? Or just self-absorbed.

Gianandrea Noseda’s insatiable appetite for exploration and communication takes in Beethoven, neglected modern masters and more. David Patrick Stearns meets the unstoppable servant of the big idea

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Dame Edna meets her match in a panto cast, script and design well up to her gigastar standards. Theatre review by David Nice

Dame Edna meets her match in a panto cast, script and design well up to her gigastar standards. Theatre review by David Nice

Emily D’Angelo’s Xerxes is king, but doesn’t eclipse other greats in a Handel masterpiece. Opera review by David Nice

The Australian Digital Concert Hall, relaunched and renamed as a national platform, is dedicated to support local musicians and encourage new talent.

Only seven and a half months of live performance, but what riches under pressure. Opera Best of Year by David Nice

Artist in retreat: Polly Graham of Longborough Festival Opera  | Updated: 19:14, 26 February 2021 Longborough Festival Opera is forging ahead with its plans for the summer season – this includes the building of a big top at its base near Moreton-in-Marsh to better allow for social distancing, and an ambitious programme which includes Die Walküre to kick off the company’s Wagner Ring cycle. Here LFO’s artistic director Polly Graham speaks about waiting for live arts to resume...