To mark 250 years of US independence, The Telegraph’s critics celebrate the nation’s finest artistic exports ...

A psychological examination of love's extremities in Singapore Lyric Opera's Madama Butterfly, directed by Harry Fehr. Read ...

Major TV debuts from the year you were born. The glut of television options we've had in recent memory means there are almost ...

The simplest and most full-blooded conception” is how Wagner described his opera Tristan and Isolde, which received a ...

The Sopranos' 4K restoration not only features new bonus material but also ensures that this classic series is preserved for ...

Mignon Dunn's dramatic vocals made her a popular and mesmerizing star at New York's Metropolitan Opera and on stages around ...

Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692–1730) was considered by many to be the greatest actress of her day, shunning stylized vocal ...

Fifty years since Benjamin Britten died, and his operas are still in repertory: half a dozen of them at least. It’s a tribute ...

The author famed for giving a voice to history’s women discusses why Henry VIII was a ‘psychopath’ and her fateful discovery ...

HBO has produced an embarrassingly large number of amazing TV shows, but only a few got the attention they deserved.

In the mythology of history, 1776 belongs to Philadelphia: declarations, rebellion and the birth of the United States. Yet on the far edge of a continent the revolutionaries hadn’t fully ...

Tracing a youthful relationship, Norwich-based music writer Tony Cooper looks at Britten's strong links to Norfolk and the fine city of Norwich.