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Olivier Awards: Adrien Brody, Ben Whishaw, Mark Strong and Imelda Staunton among nominees

Annual British theatre awards will take place in April

The Independent UK

London Symphony Orchestra conductor Antonio Pappano goes underground — he takes the Tube to work

Conductor Antonio Pappano is leading the orchestra on a 13-concert U.S. tour to California, Florida and New York that ends this week with its first Carnegie Hall concerts since 2005

The Independent UK

Olivier awards 2025: complete list of nominations

From Adrien Brody up for best actor for The Fear of 13 to Hello, Dolly! up for best musical revival, see who else is in the running at this year’s awards

The Guardian - UK

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Festen at The Royal Opera review: gripping adaptation of a taboo-breaking film masterpiece

4/5 This adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg’s film is a skillful and gripping rendering of a taboo-busting story

Evening Standard

The week in classical: Aida; Chineke!; Paddington Trio – review

The Royal Opera Chorus steals the show in a revival of Robert Carsen’s solemn take on Verdi; Chineke! celebrate 10 years of change-making. Plus, a great young string trio who live every note

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: LSO/ Rattle; CBSO/ Volkov; Jenůfa – review

Simon Rattle celebrates his big birthday with two striking world premieres; the sea meets surrealism in Satie’s centenary year. Plus, intense Janáček and a rousing Covent Garden welcome

The Guardian - UK

Jenufa at the Royal Opera House review: symbolic, psychologically probing and more potent than ever

4/5 This revival was Jakub Hrusa’s first production as Covent Garden’s music director designate – the venue is in safe hands

Evening Standard

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The week in classical: La bohème; London Contemporary Music festival – review

Ukrainian soprano Olga Kulchynska is an unforgettable Mimì in Richard Jones’s ever sumptuous Puccini production. And mischief rules at this year’s LCMF

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Opera triple bill: Britten, Weill and Ravel; Hänsel und Gretel; Tosca – review

Two opera studio shows find the next generation of stars in rude health, while the Royal Opera’s latest Tosca revival is the ultimate class act

The Guardian - UK

‘Opera should be an unstoppable art form’: Royal Opera announce Netia Jones as associate director

The Royal Ballet and Opera have created a new role, allowing Jones to drive development and new commissions

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: The Tales of Hoffmann; Philharmonia/ Salonen; Berlin Philharmonic/ Petrenko – review

Wild fantasies take hold in Offenbach’s compellingly strange opera; Lawrence Power is more than a match for Magnus Lindberg’s new Viola Concerto; and to the underworld with the Berlin Phil

The Guardian - UK

Eugene Onegin at the Royal Opera review: this tale of heartbreaking regret gets the spine tingling

This tale of missed opportunity is given fresh life by Ted Huffman

Evening Standard

Prom 49: Czech Philharmonic/Hrůša/Kobekina review – impassioned playing of Dvořák and less well known Suk

Conductor Jakub Hrůša, who takes over next year at the Royal Opera, balanced Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with his son-in-law Suk’s uncompromising grief-filled work

The Guardian - UK

Olivier Awards: Andrew Scott, Nicole Scherzinger and Sarah Jessica Parker among nominees

Annual British theatre awards will take place in April

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Antonio Pappano Gala review – farewell concert celebrates the best thing that has happened to the Royal Opera

Singers including Jonas Kaufmann joined newer vocal stars such as Aigul Akhmetshina to honour the much loved music director on an evening that ended with the royal seal of approval

Evening Standard

Olivier Awards 2024: nominations in full including nods for Nicole Scherzinger and Sarah Jessica Parker

The National Theatre’s stellar year is recognised with 15 nominations

The Guardian - UK

Pauline Tambling obituary

Other lives: Arts education executive whose innovations at the Royal Opera, Arts Council and National Skills Academy have had a lasting impact

The Guardian - UK

Graham Clark obituary

Tenor who loved exploring dramatic possibilities in Wagner with imaginative directors at Bayreuth and Covent Garden

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Royal Opera House archive goes global with streaming service

New technology is also enabling live instant replays of rehearsals to help with creative process

Evening Standard

Il Trovatore at the Royal Opera House review: leaves its singers stranded

Adele Thomas’s new production tries hard not to be decorous, but doesn’t hang together

The Guardian - UK

John Dobson obituary

Stalwart opera singer who clocked up more than 2,000 performances in around 90 roles at Covent Garden

Daily Mirror

King Charles joined by Camilla at tourist spot for first joint outing since Coronation

King Charles and Queen Camilla have carried out their first joint engagement together since they were crowned in the Coronation earlier this month

The Independent UK

King and Queen meet old friends and new in London’s Covent Garden

Charles and Camilla were carrying out their first joint engagement since the coronation weekend.

Evening Standard

Innocence at the Royal Opera House review: a devastating work about the aftershocks of a school shooting

This extraordinarily powerful and disturbing opera by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho is making its UK debut

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