Nicholas Kenyon

Amid the political crisis and turbulent weather that threatened the re-opening of Notre-Dame Cathedral , it was up to music to give the moment a sense of occasion.

This triumphant show was lit up with a spectacular mix of classical and new – but the real icon was 800 years old

The Arts Council’s contempt for this centuries-old artform has proved disastrous

From a crime against superhero movies to an unlistenable charity single – our critics on the worst film, TV and music of the year

The little clock at the top of the stage whirrs round madly, the gauze rises on the atmospheric panorama of the German countryside, and we are back

From Rameau and Mozart to a premiere from Mark-Anthony Turnage, our expert selects the hottest tickets of the year

The Venezuelan conductor on the political situation in his homeland, activism and the problematic legacy of El Sistema

When Claus Guth's new Royal Opera staging of Janáček's opera Jenůfa emerged from the delays of the lockdown in 2021, it had a mixed reception.

Newcomer Corinne Winters fronts this powerful telling of a richly dark story, a show that augurs well for the future of the Royal Opera

This rip-roaring revival of the 1948 collaboration between Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner touches a nerve – and reinvents a genre