I’ve been having the greatest adventures and misadventures here. One minute I’m looking at the Lille Opera House, with statues of the muses of music and theatre; the next my friends and I are ...

The tuba player and his three clarinet playing mates in the same uniform wandered through the throng of shoppers, stopping in front of the imposing Lille Opera house.

WhatsOnStage delved into the rehearsal room for the Royal Opera House’s staging of Faust, opening later this week. Directed ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Performance fashions have changed considerably since Monteverdi’s last opera was properly rescued from ...