It happens every day. You're at the opera and the know-it-all next to you starts analyzing arias, cataloging cabalettas and generally running on about recitatives. You gulp your champagne with equal ...

Opera is a sung stage drama set to music which usually plays continuously throughout the performance. What is the difference between opera and musicals? Musicals are plays with music; the music is ...

That first time is a little daunting, for some us a lot daunting. Not only is there new jargon to learn, but it’s often not even in English! Whom can you trust enough to ask What’s ‘tessitura’ and is ...

Ever been to a cocktail party and feel totally lost when some know-it-all opera jerk spouts on about "the mezzo-soprano's ornamentation in the cabaletta lacked a certain bel canto sensibility, and ...

Obsidian is known for its catalogue of scrupulously stylish recordings of early music, so a disc of organ pieces by Schoenberg and Reger might seem unlikely from a company that has never previously ...

Cymraeg Gwefan Cardiff Singer of the World yn y Gymraeg (Cardiff Singer of the World website in Welsh) Graeme Kay's guide to opera, from Aida to Zauberflöte. Opera is a sung stage drama set to music ...