Bizet’s opera Carmen is a powerful presence in our cultural landscape, with melodies such as that of the habanera “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” etched into the public’s consciousness. The gritty ...

In its seventh year of championing breast cancer awareness, Lorraine's Change + Check campaign has announced the launch of National Check Your Boobs Day, an annual event dedicated to raising awareness ...

The stage-business treats arrive thick and fast like trays of richly seasoned canapés, from the scurrying kids in mouse costumes who act as the mastermind Alidoro’s hi-tech little helpers to the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. English National Opera is in need of a Prince Charming. Although the company has successfully fought off Arts ...

Disappointingly for some, composer Gioachino Rossini did not write Cinderella the West End musical, or Cinderella the Grimm fairy tale, or Cinderella the Disney film, let alone Cinderella the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The timing was a nice coincidence. The Opéra national de Paris had just suffered one of its periodic strikes ...

In a landmark cultural moment, the Greek National Opera Ballet (GNO) is set to enchant South African audiences with its debut performance at Dance Intersect 2025, taking place this October at Cape ...

Lorraine Kelly admitted that she feels "torn" over the National Television Awards as two major ITV shows go head to head in the same category. Airing on ITV, the annual event is being held in London’s ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Sixty-eight years ago, tickets in the biggest lottery ever held in NSW went on sale to help build the Sydney Opera House. First prize of ...

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Giselle is pretty much the oldest ballet in the repertoire. First seen in 1841, it set the template for the artform: a broken-hearted love story which dives into the supernatural. Sharp storytelling, ...