ContactMusic — STEPHEN SONDHEIM was honoured with a musical tribute in London on Saturday night (31Jul10), with stars including DAME JUDI DENCH and BRYN TERFEL performing in his... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe last note of Simon Boccanegra rang out. Verdi's tragic Doge lay dead on the floor, inches from the lucky front-row Prommers in a packed Royal Albert Hall. Plácido Domingo might be 69 years old but he can hurl himself to ... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonPresented as a "concert staging" of surprising austerity, Welsh National Opera's Prom performance of Mastersingers effectively formed the final leg of the production's opening tour. The audience found themselves faced with a ... more info

Guardian Music — The Guardian's critics will be reviewing every Prom this year. We asked them to pick the one to see, the one to miss and the one that should have been programmedErica JealOne thing I've always liked about the Proms is how generous it is towards the d... more info

Guardian Music — Millennium Centre, CardiffBefore a note of Welsh National Opera's new Die Meistersinger has been heard, Richard Jones's production makes its first statement. The front cloth is a giant, Sgt Pepper-style collage showing mugshots of four centuries of G... more info

Guardian Music — The Gaslight Anthem, On tourHe may be a little guy, but Everyman has one of the loudest voices in American rock'n'roll. In the past, he's been championed by Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, but lately it's been down to one Brian Fallon – a resident... more info

Guardian Music — Wagner's Die Meistersinger is a challenge. But accept its limits, says Martin Kettle, and you're halfway thereThere are the great mythic operas of Wagner. And then there is Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. To Wagner-sceptics, Die Meistersinger – a ... more info

Guardian Music — From Bach to Birtwistle, Fiona Maddocks selects the best of this year's Proms10 festival blockbusters Prom 1 Fri 16 JulyMahler Symphony No 8, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Belohlávek & choirs. Known as the Symphony of a Thousand, Mahler's stonking master... more info

Scotsman.com — DOCTOR Who, Placido Domingo, Bryn Terfel and Jamie Cullum are leading the way at this year's BBC Proms. more info

Guardian Music — My highlights from the season to comeThis morning, as Radio 3 controller Roger Wright talked a group of arts journalists through the 2010 BBC Proms season in the Royal College of Music, the surprise was that there was not one but two "last nights" in... more info