Opera + Classical Music Features
by Barry Creasy
A festive addition to our continuing series. Barry Creasy picks his favourite Christmas tunes
by Sam Smith
Continuing the series on our writers’ operatic passions, Sam Smith considers how a flawed first version of Ariadne auf Naxos went on to produce a brilliant second
by Barry Creasy
In our continuing series, Barry Creasy explores Handel’s oratorio Saul, to be broadcast as part of the BBC Proms
by Sam Smith
Continuing the series on our writers’ operatic passions, Sam Smith reveals his admiration for one of Puccini’s most loved works
by Benjamin Poore
Our look at Wagner’s Ring Cycle concludes with Benjamin Poore’s take on this epic work
by Simon Thomas
Continuing in our series, Simon Thomas guides us through part three of Wagner’s Ring Cycle
by Sam Smith
Sam Smith explains why Die Walküre is his favourite opera in the tetralogy of the Ring Cycle
by Keith McDonnell
Our ‘Why I Love’ series now tackles Wagner’s Ring Cycle. First up – Keith McDonnell’s thoughts on Das Rheingold
by Sam Smith
Continuing the series on our writers’ musical passions, Sam Smith explains his admiration for a composer who is still too often maligned Although it is nearly two hundred years since he died, the name Antonio...
by Simon Thomas
Our series moves to performers, as Simon Thomas explains his love for a great tenor
by Barry Creasy
Barry Creasy tells us what makes the Vespers so special
by Sam Smith
Continuing the series on our writers’ operatic passions, Sam Smith explains what makes a production of Verdi’s 1853 classic work
by Melanie Eskenazi
Melanie Eskenazi guides us to Schubert’s definitive Lockdown Lieder in the latest of our series on private music passions
by Benjamin Poore
Our series on personal music passions takes on Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps, a work which happens to you, says Benjamin Poore
by Simon Thomas
Simon Thomas continues our series on personal operatic passions, looking at the works of Bohemian composer Bohuslav Martinů
by Keith McDonnell
In our continuing series on personal operatic passions, Keith McDonnell guides us to the very best of Wagner
by Sam Smith
In the first of a new series on our writers’ operatic passions, Sam Smith explains why Puccini’s 1896 opera never fails to entrance
