Opera
"Raucous and tender beauty": The best opera this month
Robert Carsen’s scintillating version of Falstaff is a riot of colour
Alice Goodman on writing political operas—and her late husband, Geoffrey Hill
Hill, a great poet, passed away one year ago. Goodman talks to Sameer Rahim about coming to terms with that—and about her own extraordinary artistic output
"A kind of diabolical Toy Story": The best Opera on this month
Leeds, London and Birmingham all host what promise to be great performances
“Sumptuously romantic”: the best ballet and opera this month
Mariinsky Ballet's Don Quixote is likely to be a balletomane’s dream ticket
From Mozart to the Merchant of Venice: the best opera this month
The must-see operas
Prospect recommends: The best opera this month
Brett Dean’s Hamlet, with a libretto by Matthew Jocelyn, is Glyndebourne’s boldest commission to date
Prospect recommends: The best opera this month
Gilbert and Sullivan—and a double dose of Bluebeard
Recommends: The best opera this month
Jonathan Miller's Rigoletto defies the passage of time
Prospect recommends: The best opera this month
The must-see performances
The line between male and female has always been clouded
The question of "trans" is at the heart of a new culture war. But if we look at the box office history...
The Duel: Should we stop subsidising opera?
Each year the UK's major opera companies receive around £65m of taxpayer's money, from a total government arts budget of around £1.1bn