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A delightful new production of Donizetti's romantic comedy is set in wartime Britain
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A poet fails in love over and over again in Offenbach's opera, in a new production by Damiano Michieletto
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Carols and seasonal favourites, Handel's Messiah and operas to raise the spirits add up to a bumper package this year
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Jonathan Miller's New York-set production of Verdi's tragic tale speaks to a new generation of opera-goers
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English National Opera launches its new season with three productions, the Royal Opera stages Bernstein rarities, and the piano gets its own festival
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From Mozart to Tchaikovsky to Bernstein, the ups and downs of couples in love find voice in a season of classics. Booking opens at 9AM on Wed 10 July
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A matchless production of Puccini's most dramatic opera has dynamic soprano Angel Blue in the title role
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Giordano's most popular opera is revived with an impressive cast, as Covent Garden's music director bows out
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Lots of Puccini in the year that marks the centenary of his death, plus Verdi, Mozart, Gilbert and Sullivan, Britten and more
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Country house opera, memorable concerts, and the entire BBC Proms make up a soundtrack for the sun
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Exciting new productions of Tchaikovsky, Wagner and a new Mark-Anthony Turnage opera head the field. Booking opens 9AM, Wed 10 July
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The mezzo-soprano on dying for a living, loading up on carbs and housework in the early hours
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An exciting new production of Carmen, an evening with author Kate Atkinson, and musical fun for the family
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Music by Bach for Easter, comedy and tragedy at the opera, and Peter and the Wolf for all the family
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Opera searches for love and meaning, while Vauxhall unwinds with music for all ages
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A London debut, plus opera by Puccini and Strauss – and at the cinema
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It's a big year for Puccini opera and for rising stars, with music for every taste
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Our top 10 artists and events in a challenging year for music and musicians
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Handel's Messiah dominates the month's great music, but there is also Bach, passionate Italian opera and a German fairy tale
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Healing music for a troubled world, a new symphony by Joan Armatrading and an opera film night
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London's finest orchestras launch their 2023/234 seasons in style, and in the opera house there is a rush of great classics
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An exciting new opera, unmissable Proms, and a Gilbert and Sullivan to lighten the mood
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Booking opens 13 May for the world's biggest music festival. Gorge on romantic Rachmaninov and get ahead with new works. Proms are live on BBC Radio 3; some are televised
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Our pick of the BBC Proms, the greatest music festival in the world, plus a new opera for all the family at Opera Holland Park
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London's own opera festival opens at Opera Holland Park, Paddington Bear goes classical, and New Yorkers come to town
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The country house opera season begins, London goes baroque, and there's a last chance to catch English National Opera's big hit, Blue
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Out of town or just up the road, opera from May to August is a perfect fit with gardens, picnics and mingling
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Highly-praised film Tár has put women conductors into the spotlight. Here are just a few, at work in London shortly. Make a date, and maybe take a daughter too...
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Stirring opera with world-class artists, the powerful music of home and exile, and fun for children
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In another bumper year for outstanding musicianship, singers and players seemed to reach ever greater heights. Here is the Culture Whisper pick of people and events
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The Christmas story is told in grand choruses and virtuosic solos, sung by the finest artists and with thrilling instrumental playing
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Puccini's brave heroine speaks for 21st-century women, says soprano Sinéad Campbell-Wallace, who has played the role four times
