Think opera is all velvet curtains, impossibly expensive tickets and stories you vaguely remember from school? Think again.

There are nine operas over the course of the festival, which runs from July 10-27, including four chamber opera commissions. Concerts by Tallis Scholars, The King’s Singers, Benjamin Grosvenor, Toby ...

The big guns are turning on their vintage firepower: the Metropolitan Opera's free streaming service is halfway through its Wagner week, today embarking on the second instalment in Robert Lepage’s ...