In a Times interview earlier this year, tenor Roberto Alagna pointed out that, in terms of accessibility, opera ‘was never as ...

The New National Theatre Tokyo (NNTT) will present the worldwide streaming of Natasha, the powerful new opera by Toshio Hosokawa, conducted by Kazushi Ono and directed by Christian Räth. Premiered in ...

But Rimsky-Korsakov's rainbow-coloured score, in turn glowing and surprisingly violent (for him), is surely his greatest, and can only be done on the highest level, as it is here by the Dutch National ...

The production is dominated by the huge chorus, who are onstage almost throughout. The set is simple, a shallow ascending terrace, but it is also small and narrow, with a low ceiling. That gives a ...