Guardian Music — The son of the festival's founder and Glyndebourne's first Susanna looks forward to a new production of Mozart's great comic operaThe Marriage of Figaro kicked off Glyndebourne's first festival in 1934; 60 years later to the day – 28 May 1994 – i... more info

Guardian Music — Even when he's singing about cauliflowers, it's hard to deny Lawrence is one of pop's all-time great one-offsThe sleevenotes for Go Kart Mozart's third album take almost as long to read as its 18 tracks take to play. There is a reading list, containi... more info

KEXP Seattle — When people hear the term “classical music” they think of – and for good reason – Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, and numerous other legendary composers who have more than left their mark on music. However, unbeknownst to many, classical music did n... more info

Guardian Music — I suspected Lisitsa – about to debut at London's Royal Albert Hall – was a case of promotion over profundity. Then I joined her online audience and was wowed by her self-assured virtuosityWell, here's a funny thing, a story, a phenomenon, in whic... more info

Guardian Music — He was a star turn at the Jubilee concert and will close the London 2012 opening ceremony – what motivates him?"When I'm on tour," said Paul McCartney in 2010, "it's very visible, and people say, 'God, you're so busy.' I'm actually not. Compared to... more info

Mercury News, California — For much of the production's first half, the familiar warmth and wellbeing are present, but you are aware of a change, a new vitality. more info

Guardian Music — Garsington Opera, High Wycombe; Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff; Dorchester Abbey, OxfordshireMorality, at the best of times an elusive commodity, is all but absent in Don Giovanni. The usual assumption is that Mozart's predatory lothario is the chi... more info

Guardian Music — Garsington Opera at WormsleyGarsington opens its second season at Wormsley with a new production of Mozart's opera by Daniel Slater, whose imaginative staging of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream was the final highlight at the festival's previous a... more info

Guardian Music — Grange Park, HampshireMozart's first great opera is about the responsibilities of rulership and fatherhood. Absent at the Trojan war for 10 years, King Idomeneo's eventual return to Crete nearly ends in disaster due to a storm at sea instigated by Ne... more info

Guardian Music — Sparks could fly upon the release of Michael Haneke's hugely political Amour, while Prometheus director Ridley Scott also appears to be getting something off his chestAmour is in the airMichael Haneke's Cannes-winning Amour will be released in the UK... more info