Guardian Music — Royal Opera House, LondonThere's a powerfully symbolic moment at the close of the second act of the Royal Opera's Die Walküre, and it wasn't dreamed up by director Keith Warner. Bryn Terfel's Wotan runs through John Tomlinson's Hunding with his spea... more info

Guardian Music — As the director revives his big, bold production of Wagner's epic cycle, he explains why these 16 hours of music will change his audiences' lives"The thing about Wagner," says Keith Warner, "is that there can be no true success in any production of h... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Opera House, LondonIt has been said too often that a complete staging of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen is the hardest thing an opera company can undertake, but it's true – and how. The Royal Opera has just begun its revival of Keith Warner... more info

Guardian Music — Rival legacies of classical pioneers to be honoured in 2013 with worldwide bonanza of recordings and performancesTwo of opera's greatest contemporaries, pioneers of their era, are to compete for public honour once again next year. January marks the b... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe Proms, Desert Island Discs, Sir David Attenborough – how many Great British institutions can the BBC expect the Albert Hall to contain at once? The radio programme took over the Proms for a 70th birthday shindig hosted,... more info

Guardian Music — From Birmingham's Beethoven cycle to Oliver Knussen at 60 and ENO's Pilgrim's Progress, the best in a packed season of classical-music highlightsBirmingham Beethoven cycle All the symphonies, concertos, piano sonatas and chamber music will be include... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonTo hear Land of Hope and Glory at the Royal Albert Hall in July seemed wrong. It was as though summer had simply been abandoned. Anyone casually tuning in to the first night of the 2012 BBC Proms may have been confused. Had w... more info

Guardian Music — Let It Shine | BBC Proms 2012 | New Tricks | Mark Knopfler: A Life In Songs | Awake | The Angelos Epithemiou ShowLet It Shine6pm, DisneyIn this teen update of Cyrano de Bergerac, our young hero Cyrus DeBarge is told by his religious father that "... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonClassic musicals formed the programme of the opening event of BrynFest, an event that has moved indoors and hundreds of miles south-east of Faenol in north Wales, where the great bass-baritone Bryn Terfel founded it 12 year... more info

Guardian Music — Opera star Bryn Terfel is everywhere this summer, launching his Welsh music festival and kicking off the PromsOne day, Bryn Terfel's eldest son fell asleep at the opera. It was during the first act of Welsh National Opera's 2010 production of Wagner'... more info