Aside from the incredible music, what made me a fan of Wolfgang was the depth and breadth of vocalist Basti Artadi’s lyrics. I always thought that this was the work of a well-read, deep, and creative ...

Toshio Hosokawa’s new opera “Natasha” takes the audience on a metaphysical journey through seven contemporary hells, like a thought-provokingly modern version of Dante’s “Inferno.” The world premiere ...

This new opera work by Hosokawa Toshio is staged as the third in Artistic Director Ono's series of commissioned works from Japanese composers. Hosokawa Toshio is a leading composer of contemporary ...

Tokyo is home to world-class orchestras, exceptional singers and superior technical capabilities, establishing itself as one of the world’s premier classical music cities. The 2025–2026 season ...

This David McVicar production of “Faust” is its sixth incarnation. It is a cornucopia of demonic dabbling and delightful witticism combined with some rather dark, if not thoroughly perturbing, moments ...

David McVicar's production of Gounod's Faust is 21 years old but even without the stellar cast it has often attracted in the past, it still has the power to thrill an audience. The story of Faust ...

Opera is resurrecting Opera Neon, a browser concept first introduced in 2017, and equipping it with the latest tech trend: agentic AI—an assistant you can assign tasks to, which it will carry out ...

Gounod’s opera has enjoyed a resurgence in recent decades and its huge, late 19th-century popularity once again seems entirely reasonable. With a number of late replacements among the cast, the Royal ...

Read our review of Gounod's Faust, starring Stefan Pop, Carolina López Moren and Adam Palka, now in performances at the Royal Opera House to 10 June. Gounod’s opera Faust had its premiere in Paris in ...

Celebrating its sixth revival, David McVicar’s critically acclaimed production of Faust is a spectacular success with stunning sets and costumes, a magnificent cast, and some of Gounod’s greatest ...

First seen in 2004, McVicar’s staging still has all the illicit sheen and lure of Marguerite’s jewels. In an era of austerity (even at the Royal Opera) this kind of old-school, expensive theatricality ...

Sara Holdren’s new production for Heartbeat Opera takes its lead from Bulgakov’s Faustian novel “The Master and Margarita.” By Joshua Barone The director Sara Holdren has made it pretty clear that she ...