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Berlioz’s "dramatic symphony" features vocal soloists and chorus, but the orchestra is the star of the show.

Bartok's nightmarish fairy-tale opera (the story is based on one written in 1697 by Charles Perrault) is the final offering of this season from English National Opera. Unusually for ENO, it's a semi-staged production, with a set consisting principally of a vast single table that crosses the front of the stage almost for its entire length. Even more unusually, it's sung in the original Hungarian with surtitles rather than in translation. It is, of course, the grimmest of tales. Duke Bluebeard brings his new bride Judith back to his castle. She has left behind a settled, peaceful ...

From an evening with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott to a spate of concerts from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the season is brimming with an impressive variety of classical events. Arts critic Lloyd Schwartz rounds up the performances he's looking forward to.

There’s never a dull moment in Simon McBurney’s ingenious production, with Sarah Tynan and the ENO orchestra in fine fettle and a demented dalek-like Queen of the Night

From Withnail and I on stage to Olivia Rodrigo on tour, Sally Wainwright’s new drama to Blondie, Bruckner and Jez Butterworth, our experts guide you through the treats in store this year