Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox
An all-star line-up could not mask all of the flaws in Harry Kupfer’s staid production
Handel’s opera is one of the finest offerings of the season so far
Plácido Domingo, showing no signs of slowing down, takes the title role
The record presents a more rounded portrait of the composer and includes excerpts from ‘Don Rodrigo’
The Spaniard’s stately Francesco, a triumphant Lucrezia and an exciting young conductor in the pit
The Spanish tenor duets with choirs and guest singers in this throwback to middle-of-the-road LPs from the 1960s
Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen stole the show at Plácido Domingo’s singing competition
The evening started slowly, but Plácido Domingo’s voice roused to its old, bronze majesty
First the government encouraged film schemes, then cracked down on them
The communication of the deepest and strongest emotions requires both technique and ‘duende’
Ronald Samm uses his physique powerfully and has all the notes in Opera North’s 1940s-set production
A look at the recorded legacy of conductor Carlos Kleiber, whose studio and live performances reveal his charismatic force
Conductor Antonio Pappano imbues Elijah Moshinsky’s still-handsome production with a burning intensity
A new-style baroque extravaganza gives a fresh setting to some of the best arias of the period
International Edition