A theatre boss -- still dressed in his everyday workwear of jumper and chinos -- stepped in mid-performance to make sure the ...

This might seem to presume a Russian singer in the title role, but Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel has sung Boris in this ...

Boris Godunov at Royal Opera: Psychologically probing Russian epic - 4/5 Richard Jones’ staging of Mussorgsky’s opera ...

French tenor Roberto Alagna, singing the role of Calàf, became ill after the second act. With no understudy available, Richard Hetherington, head of music at the Royal Opera, took to the stage after ...

Jonas Kaufmann will no longer sing at London’s Royal Opera House — because, of all things, the pay is too low. “I don’t know ...

In the English-speaking world the art form is in a perennial battle for hearts and minds. Two contrasting books from either side of the Atlantic ask why ...

Nessun Dormageddon: Audience members ‘boo and throw things’ after Royal Opera House chief steps in for sick tenor - Other fans defend Richard Hetherington, who ‘deserves a medal’ after stepping in at ...

Princess Kate has made a private outing public after a visit to the Royal Opera House last weekend. The Princess of Wales ...

After starting the new year with a fine production of Puccini's Turandot, the Royal Opera has done even better with a perfect ...

Modest Mussorgsky’s first and greatest opera was rewritten by many hands – including Rimsky-Korsakov’s – before people realised that its first version was the best. And it’s Richard Jones’s eloquent ...