Watch: Why performing Verdi's Otello ranks among opera's greatest challenges
23 May 2017
As the Shakespearean opera returns to the stage, Antonio Pappano reveals what makes the piece 'an Everest'.
The secret world of the opera prompter
10 May 2017
Secretly mouthing the singers' cues from a cramped, hidden box, the job of a prompter is often unfairly overlooked.
Young Artist Profile: Jonathan Santagada – ‘Music will win over a sceptical newcomer – It did for me.’
14 March 2016
The Italian conductor on the hard work that it takes to become a professional conductor and what he's learnt from Music Director Antonio Pappano.
‘The future looks bright’ for female conductors
8 March 2016
The ballet conductor Andrea Quinn reflects on her personal journey to the orchestra pit and leading a conducting workshop for women at the Royal Opera House.
Watch: ‘If you think of a football team, the conductor is a coach and a player all at once’ – Semyon Bychkov on his return to Covent Garden
18 December 2015
The Russian conducts The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in Kasper Holten’s Eugene Onegin
Watch: Nicola Luisotti on Puccini – ‘You can learn more from one of Puccini’s scores than from books’
27 May 2015
The conductor discusses the composer’s deceptive genius, and how best to approach his operas.
Listen: Marc Minkowski – 'Finding the right sound'
20 October 2014
We spoke to the conductor about his Royal Opera debut, Mozart, Verdi and his love of horses.
Your Reaction: Plácido Domingo In Conversation live stream
12 October 2014
Catch up with Antonio Pappano's chat with the opera star, and see a selection of audience comments.
The A-Z of Richard Strauss: U is for Unheimlich
30 June 2014
So uncanny ('Unheimlich' in German) were Strauss's expressive skills, that he boasted he could even describe a knife and fork in music.
Watch: Andris Nelsons on Elektra
26 September 2013
The Latvian conductor on the emotional and technical demands of Richard Strauss’s gripping drama.