Orpha Phelan’s production of Félicien David’s 1862 opera sparkled with visual tricks, and carried off the honours at this year’s festival.
Spend a magical weekend disconnected from the real world at Houghton music festival in Norfolk.
Opera Lafayette is on a mission to change the legacy of Marie Antoinette.
With the Tories in terrible trouble, the opposition can win. Unless Labour’s ultra-progressive wing makes the party unelectable.
In this week’s French Letter, Walter hopes for the Covid-permitting return of the annual Breton fest noz celebrations.
From Edinburgh Fringe to Field Day this is a guide to the best festivals this summer has to offer.
Looking back on the life and friendships of the Austrian composer Franz Schubert.
In the ancient world, the Bacchanal and Dionysia festivals of Rome and Greece were wild and lascivious celebrations thrown to honour the various gods of wine
The sketch duo, The Pin, first rose to prominence with a wickedly clever series of Fringe shows. They were pretty much unlike anything I’d seen
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