German singer Claudia Brücken has had a long and busy career, initially defined by her role in Propaganda. They were a cult ...

The first Jurassic Park movie now seems virtually Jurassic itself, having been released in the sepia-tinged year of 1993.

Poor, slightly silly Semele fries at the sight of lover Jupiter casting off his mortal form, but in Congreve’s and Handel’s ...

French-Tunisian journalist and documentary filmmaker Hind Meddeb flew to Sudan after the overthrow of hated dictator Omar ...

John Christie envisaged Wagner’s Parsifal with limited forces in the Organ Room at Glyndebourne. He would have been amazed to see it arrive on the main stage this year. But émigrés Carl Ebert and ...

Opera can take many forms and fulfil many purposes: this chamber opera by Zakiya Leeming and Sam Redway is about vaccination.

It’s somewhat surprising to read that The Boss wasn’t happy with Born in the USA. After all, it was – remains – his most ...

The red, white and blue bull’s-eye on the front curtain at Sadler’s Wells tells us we are in the familiar territory of Pete ...

Appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe has long been an expensive gig for comics. But while stand-ups may need only a microphone ...

The first five-and-a-half minutes of Sunwise’s opening track “Dùsgadh / Waking" are taken up by a drone. Played on the ...

The 23 years since 28 Days Later and especially those since Danny Boyle’s soulful encapsulation of Britain’s best spirit at ...

Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” was an instant phenomenon. Recorded in April 1967 and issued as a single on 12 May ...