Guardian Music — The Royal Opera House company hasn't performed in Japan for nearly 20 years. Nicholas Wroe accompanied it on a return visit and found the performers ready to reach out to the worldOn one level the Royal Opera's recent tour of Japan was, as a manager ... more info

Guardian Music — On La Traviata's opening night, sitting in my row during Act I, Ailyn Pérez was drafted in to sing Violetta. And she – and the company – turned it into a triumphAnd so to the opening nights, and one of the classic storylines in all opera – not... more info

Guardian Music — The dress rehearsal of La Traviata in Yokohama had it all: a battle against the humidity, a hunt for stage weaponry and three little girls fighting it out for a walk-on partTo Yokohama for the dress rehearsal of La Traviata, and the practicalities of... more info

Guardian Music — I've joined Britain's best opera company as it begins a whistlestop Asian tour. It's not quite rock'n'roll – but nearly"We're sending you out east. You're going to be embedded." Not words that often crop up on the books and arts beat, but despite m... more info

Guardian Music — 'Beware the tenor with a new Rolex'The time has come, in this week of lifting the lid on cricket corruption, to reveal the virus at the heart of classical music, the canker in the operatic apple. For years, those of us in the business have tried to k... more info

Guardian Music — ROH, London; Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff; Coliseum, LondonSoprano Anna Netrebko, the fabulous, gutsy, quixotic Russian diva of divas who reduces men to milksops, had top billing in the title role of Manon, the Royal Opera's final new production ... more info

The Telegraph — A perfect pairing brings Massenet's Manon to magical life . Rating: * * * * * more info

Guardian Music — Royal Opera House, LondonLaurent Pelly's new production of Massenet's sad, sensuous masterpiece was primarily intended as a vehicle for cult diva Anna Netrebko. But the evening really belongs to her des Grieux, Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo – youn... more info

Guardian Music — Russian super-soprano Anna Netrebko is to star in Massenet's opera at the ROH. But what's it like going from cleaner to 'bling-bling' diva?Anna Netrebko is the ultimate modern incarnation of operatic divadom. She plays the part of the fantasy-soprano... more info

Guardian Music — Anna Netrebko's charisma and honesty extend to her conversation, as these excerpts from my interview with her revealYou can read my interview with operatic superstar, brand ambassador and supermum Anna Netrebko in tomorrow's Film and Music, as the Ru... more info