Guardian Music — There are many clips of the composer on the web – and the BBC film about the making of his opera Arden Must Die is a must-seeI've found a miscellany of links to accompany my piece on Alexander Goehr's Promised End. For a start, have a look at his Y... more info

Guardian Music — Alexander Goehr's new opera, based on King Lear, will be his last, and he's delighted with English Touring Opera's production'It's about old men who get it wrong when they have power and influence – and then get into a mess. That's the reason I'm d... more info

Guardian Music — A staged fall can trip a theatre production up, or raise it to another levelEver since Satan plunged from heaven to hell (or, rather, from wagon-top to street) in the very first mystery play, theatre has had to engage with the problem of how to prese... more info

AOL Music — (Sept. 14) -- Harold Gould, the quintessential father figure, from Martin Morgenstern on "Rhoda" to King Lear on the stage, died in Los Angeles at 86. more info

Guardian Music — There's a double helping of the Dane, Wall Street returns, Wallace and Gromit take up presenting – and Robyn goes for broke. Our critics pick this autumn's hottest showsTheatreHamletPrepare for the latest battle of the princes. John Simm is first i... more info

Guardian Music — Alexander Goehr writes: Frank Kermode (obituary, 19 August) had a brilliant and incisive mind, wrote great books, had many pupils who testify to his qualities as a teacher. But to all this I would like to add, and I believe it central to the man, tha... more info

Scotsman.com — King Lear *** Queen Margaret **** Botanic Gardens, Glasgow Lysistrata *** Oran Mor, Glasgow more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — "Walter is like a King Lear for television," he says. more info

ContactMusic — Sam Mendes is returning to the theatre.The 'Revolutionary Road' director has agreed to direct a production of 'King Lear', which will star Simon Russell Beale in... more info

Guardian Music — Wolfgang Wagner's daughters can open a new act in Europe's most remarkable operatic sagaAmong Europe's hereditary rulers in the modern age, only Elizabeth II has managed to retain inherited power so successfully for so long while presenting a benign ... more info