Nicholas Kenyon

ENO’s new partnership is an awkward compromise which fails to capitalise on its excellent musicians, or its flair for big productions

It has been a busy Puccini year , with this Friday marking the centenary of his death.

Royal Opera’s 18-year-old production, revived to mark the centenary of Puccini’s death, is showing its age

Is the continuing appeal of Gilbert and Sullivan's Victorian operas due more to Gilbert's librettos or to Sullivan's music?

Gilbert and Sullivan’s words and music have seldom sounded more enjoyably in sync than in this delightful return to Leigh’s 2015 production

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