In the world of ballet, it could be argued that Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s iconic fairy tale Swan Lake is as close to a sacred text as they come.

Illona Linthwaite, an actress and grandmother, has just celebrated her 81st birthday and soon will be performing at the Royal Opera House — without any clothes on for most of th ...

In a lifetime, we’re lucky to have a handful of musical experiences as sonically glorious and emotionally powerful as a March ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s notebook The monumental, two-film “Die Nibelungen,” drawn from similar material to Wagner’s “Ring,” is best when presented live with a full orchestra. Credit ...

The pianist was electrifying in Rautavaara’s first concerto, while the young Finn conducted a condensed Ring with clever, slow-burn pacing ...

Eugen Weidmann met his death with his eyes tightly shut. The young German serial killer, whose gaze was said to be hypnotic ...

Mahler’s Song of the Earth begins with wild craggy upward striving phrases from the tenor, and ends with the mezzo-soprano subsiding in gentle steps of transcendent acceptance – ewig... ewig ...

Royal Opera's 'Siegfried' will be broadcast live at Mwldan, as-part-of a special event. The broadcast is on Tuesday, March 31, starting at 5.15pm. The performance lasts for around ...

March arrives suddenly. The cherry blossom trees begin to show their pink petals like small confections.  The spring equinox ...

At the end of the act, the audience let out an animal roar. You sometimes hear that in an opera house. And when you do, it’s thrilling. When Nézet-Séguin returned for Act II, he received a rapturous ...

On March 6, the American Ballet Theatre’s African American principal dancer, Calvin Royal III, launches the company’s spring 2026 season.

Had this been the only piece to precede the Mahler, the connection between this acknowledgement of country and Mahler’s ...