Famously described by writer ETA Hoffmann as “the opera of all operas”, Don Giovanni is a work that dared to bring new darkness to a legend whose dangerous edges often came sheathed in comedy.
Alexandra Coghlan talks to author and critic Lucasta Miller and bass-baritone Gerald Finley to explore the man behind Mozart’s musical mask.
Author Joanne Harris and music scholar Emily Kilpatrick join Alexandra Coghlan on a dive into Ravel's two sparkling miniatures: L'heure espagnole and L'enfant et les sortilèges. Immersing themselves in these two magical worlds, they uncover just some of the machinery the composer keeps hidden beh...
Combining the expressive arias of Handel’s operas – each a window into the human soul, or lack thereof – and the dynamic chorus writing of his church music, Saul is the original 18th-century blockbuster.
Alexandra Coghlan talks to Handel biographer Jonathan Keates and novelist Donna Leon to expl...
