A gay painter, an outraged headmistress, and Billy Elliott’s literary dad: opera and homophobia up north 5 July 20116 July 2011
Simon Keenlyside is “singing on the top of his form” or has a “tendency to shout tonelessly”? 15 June 201119 September 2013
The Royal Ballet have to shift 80,000-odd seats – dancer Bennet Gartside is giving them a hand 26 May 201131 July 2023
Simon Keenlyside: “one of the most complex and complete Macbeths you are likely to experience in a lifetime” 26 May 201126 May 2011
Director Deborah Warner on her love of Bausch and her difficulty with ballet 24 April 201115 February 2024
That’s a lots of Manons – 8 casts, 15 performances and a sold-out notice guaranteed 16 April 201113 April 2013
Fabio Luisi chasing James Levine’s job leaves an opening for the young Daniele Rustioni 31 March 201131 March 2011
Royal Ballet’s 24-year-old Liam Scarlett will create a new work for Miami City Ballet 6 March 201113 April 2013
Anna Nicole’s breasts loom largely on the Royal Opera House stage – “I’ll eat my six-gallon hat if it’s not a stonking great hit.” 18 February 201113 April 2013
Dame Joan Sutherland’s superlative voice has mesmerised a London audience one last time at a thanksgiving service in her honour at Westminster Abbey. 15 February 2011
The King’s Speech, Colin Firth and Natalie Portman – so no surprises at this year’s BAFTAs 14 February 201114 February 2011
The Royal Ballet School – Ninette de Valois: Adventurous Traditionalist 18 December 201026 February 2016
Can’t Dance – Bourgeois & Maurice at Sadler’s Wells Theatre for a Nutcracker alternative 4 December 201030 September 2013
“The world’s greatest ballet company performs the world’s greatest love story at the O2” says the producer 26 November 201013 April 2013
