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

The Telegraph — If anyone can boast a genuine claim to being Pavarotti's heir, it's Vittorio Grigolo. Rupert Christiansen meets the tenor. more info

Guardian Music — Four concerts - starting tonight - will see the violinist searching from the eternal realm from whence great masterpieces comeMany have tried, but few have succeeded: Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos attempts the impossible tomorrow night with the Lo... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonRenée Fleming's concert with Charles Dutoit and the Royal Philharmonic formed part of the South Bank's International Voices series, though why it should have was anyone's guess. You couldn't really call it a recital, cel... more info

Guardian Music — Opera director and grandson of Somerset Maugham who brought about a revival of his ancestor's worksThe opera director Julian Hope, who has died aged 59 of cancer, became in latter years the steward of his grandfather Somerset Maugham's literary est... more info

Mercury News, California — The new production is a refreshing French confection. It's chiffon. It's lace. It's sexy. With great tunes and stylish singing, it goes down like a cool lemonade'” at least for its first hour at the California Theatre, where 'Manon' opened Saturday... more info

Scotsman.com — SCOTTISH OPERA: MANON **** THEATRE ROYAL, GLASGOW more info

Scotsman.com — A COURTESAN mingles with the upper classes. She is wooed by the hot-blooded youth of the aristocracy. She becomes an emotional pawn in a social game she can never win. Fate more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Over the Thanksgiving weekend my family met at my grandparents' house in Connecticut, the usual gathering point for holidays, birthdays, and general familial events. What was once a childhood beacon at the end of the proverbial road "over the river ... more info