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3/5 This version of the classic children’s tale does not entirely convince by setting it in the Eighties

Floris Visser’s stylish bohemia recalls Brassaï’s Paris, while Puccini’s score is delivered with crispness and elasticity

Wagner’s final opera comes to Glyndebourne this week. Why will the composer and his wife be turning in their graves? Michael Downes looks at the family’s attempts to keep Parsifal in Bayreuth

Orla Boylan captivates in Olivia Fuchs’s masterly Scottish Opera Janáček. And Jonathan Dove’s rousing new community opera puts down firm roots

Teenage climate activist Lola struggles with school and family, while damaged nature is given its own voice

The superstar soprano on Franz Lehár’s giddy opera, the art form’s superpower and singing in venues from Glyndebourne to Davos

Versatile baritone who appeared on television in Britten’s opera for the medium, Owen Wingrave, and in The Good Old Days

Paris’s Opéra-Comique joins forces with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in louche yet explosive Bizet; Yuja Wang thrills with eight encores; and Stuart Skelton leads a classic Wagner revival

Nestled deep in the Sussex countryside, Glyndebourne has been attracting opera fans for almost a century. This year, its flagship summer festival coincides with a celebration of the company’s 90th anniversary. This is no small feat, given the harsh economic climate and challenges UK opera companies face to keep the…