Your Reaction: What did you think of The Royal Opera's Hansel and Gretel?
14 December 2018
Audience and press reviews of Antony McDonald's production of Humperdinck's fairytale opera.
From Moscow to Peking via Nuremburg: how opera uses folk music
15 March 2017
From traditional Japanese folk music to mysterious Spanish popular songs, opera has long been drawing on national music to explore 'exotic' cultures and celebrate national traditions.
Girls being boys being girls: a short history of opera’s trouser roles
11 January 2017
Lovesick teens, feisty young heroes, or supernatural beings – there's an important place for women playing men (then dressing up as women again?) in opera.
What are your first memories of opera?
28 July 2016
Share your memories of the art form from The Royal Opera and beyond.
Operatic magic: Fairytales and magical stories in opera
17 February 2015
Composers have long used magical settings to tell moving, profound and very human stories.
Fun for All the Family: Operas originally created for children
7 November 2013
Opera has a long tradition of child-friendly works. Before curtain up on How the Whale Became, a few iconic examples.
