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RIGHT now, London has two opera houses. (Berlin has three.) There’s the Royal Opera, the grand one, in Covent Garden, and, in the West End, you can see English National Opera a mile off, under the sparkly orb of the London Coliseum. They’re different. The Royal Opera attracts singers you’d…

The Czech-born conductor will take over from Antonio Pappano in 2025. He talks exclusively to the Guardian about what shape the opera house will take under his musical leadership

Alexander Soddy made an auspicious Royal Opera debut with his wonderful conducting of this revival of David McVicar’s staging: a tragedy of horrifying power

Four singers, four cellists and an actor walking Sarah Everard’s final route combine in Katie Mitchell’s not-quite-hopeful production

Madama Butterfly is one of many landmark works to embody offensive beliefs – but there are sensitive ways new productions can tackle these without cancelling them

Opera singer with a remarkable theatrical presence once described as ‘the Cleopatra of the lyric stage’

Revival of Puccini classic seeks to be ‘both true to the spirit of the original and authentic in its representation’

Strength comes in many forms in the Royal Opera’s revelatory new Samson et Dalila; and two star singers in the ascendant hit all the high notes

Richard Jones’ vibrant new production can’t compensate for the work’s dramatic weaknesses, but soloists and chorus alike are on top form, and conductor Antonio Pappano relishes the score’s melodiousness