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Letters: ‘Unsafe’ convictions are not a lost cause

Sun 19 Apr 2026

Letters: ‘Unsafe’ convictions are not a lost cause
Stephen Pritchard
Roderick Williams’s songs of England

Sat 11 Apr 2026

Roderick Williams’s songs of England
Fiona Maddocks
Home listening: Semyon Bychkov’s complete Mahler cycle

Sun 5 Apr 2026

Home listening: Semyon Bychkov’s complete Mahler cycle
Fiona Maddocks
The Turn of the Screw is a masterclass in menace

Sat 4 Apr 2026

The Turn of the Screw is a masterclass in menace
Fiona Maddocks
The sounds of the Sistine Chapel

Fri 27 Mar 2026

The sounds of the Sistine Chapel
Fiona Maddocks
Royal Opera’s Siegfried for the ages

Fri 20 Mar 2026

Royal Opera’s Siegfried for the ages
Wendy Ide
Ryan Gosling’s charm can’t save Project Hail Mary

Fri 20 Mar 2026

Ryan Gosling’s charm can’t save Project Hail Mary
Fiona Maddocks
Hugh Cutting, the countertenor finding his voice

Sun 15 Mar 2026

Hugh Cutting, the countertenor finding his voice
Erica Wagner
I wasn’t bored by The Secret Agent, I just couldn’t stay. It’s actually a compliment

Sat 14 Mar 2026

I wasn’t bored by The Secret Agent, I just couldn’t stay. It’s actually a compliment
Fiona Maddocks
Víkingur Ólafsson's tribute to Kurtág

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Víkingur Ólafsson's tribute to Kurtág
Fiona Maddocks
Benjamin Britten’s pioneering pacifist opera

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Benjamin Britten’s pioneering pacifist opera
Fiona Maddocks
Home listening: sopranos in the spotlight

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Home listening: sopranos in the spotlight
Fiona Maddocks
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is as subtle as a headbutt

Sat 21 Feb 2026

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is as subtle as a headbutt
Fiona Maddocks
Così fan tutte on Coney Island is a carnival of mischief and mania

Sat 14 Feb 2026

Così fan tutte on Coney Island is a carnival of mischief and mania
Fiona Maddocks
Ralph Fiennes takes on Tchaikovsky in his deft opera debut

Sat 7 Feb 2026

Ralph Fiennes takes on Tchaikovsky in his deft opera debut
Stephen Pritchard
Julia Wolfe’s unEarth: an oratorio by the voices of the future

Sat 31 Jan 2026

Julia Wolfe’s unEarth: an oratorio by the voices of the future
Joanna Moorhead
The latest radical improvisation at Ronnie Scott’s: classical music

Fri 30 Jan 2026

The latest radical improvisation at Ronnie Scott’s: classical music
Stephen Pritchard
The Fourth Choir brings James Joyce’s The Dead to life

Sun 25 Jan 2026

The Fourth Choir brings James Joyce’s The Dead to life
Fiona Maddocks
Is Lise Davidsen the soprano of the century?

Fri 16 Jan 2026

Is Lise Davidsen the soprano of the century?

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