Something great in C major

James Inverne’s new play, That Bastard Puccini, opened last night at the Park Theatre, in north London. It relates the rivalry between Giacomo Puccini and Ruggero Leoncavallo as they raced to be first to complete […]

Next summer’s Aix-en-Provence festival presents a version of Britten’s opera redesigned for pinchpenny times: A mystery of origins and formal uncertainty shroud the story of Billy Budd, both in its operatic version, combining the libretto […]

The managing editor of Britain’s Classic FM is to be  Head of ABC Classic and ABC Jazz at the Australian national broadcaster. Philip Noyce says: ‘It’s a fantastic moment to be joining the ABC… With […]