As we wrap up 2025, here is a look back at some of the most-read articles of the year. We will focus mainly on longer-form pieces like reviews and interviews for this article.

The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Bellini’s “I Puritani,” directed by Charles Edwards, is “a retro move,” said Peter ...

Yuval Sharon will leave the financially strained Detroit Opera after this season. In March, he brings his unorthodox vision ...

It was a year for outstanding individual performances, especially from relative newcomers, and at least three flawless ...

Star tenor Jonas Kafumann shared with The Times that he has no plans to sing opera again in Great Britain.

An exclusive interview with Ambassador of Switzerland to Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova Félix Baumann for the ...

Our critic selects the hottest tickets in London and beyond – from Bryn Terfel as Boris Godunov to Anna Netrebko in Turandot ...

Andrei Serban’s 40-year-old production is confidently revived by Jack Furness, while the vocal richness of the Russian soprano as its eponymous heroine takes things to another level When the Royal ...

With intriguing glimpses of vulnerability, there has been none better in this production since it was first mounted more than four decades ago ...

Anna Netrebko is back, briefly. The star soprano, whose links to Russia have made her a controversial booking in some international opera houses, came back to the Royal Opera this autumn in a highly ...

Andrei Șerban’s 40 year old take on Puccini's tale of the ice princess largely stands the test of time, but Netrebko and Eyvazov are short of their best form.

Puccini’s epic show Turandot returns to Covent Garden. Puccini’s Turandot, with its combination of myth, ritual and emotional extremity, suits dark evenings and the build-up to Christmas, when ...