King Lear

Guardian Music — Coliseum; Guildhall School of Music and Drama: both LondonThese are dark and dangerous times for the publicly funded arts. "That was tripe. Thank God for government cuts," a clearly angry audience member announced to the chill night air as we streame... more info

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart King Lear

Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela; Benjamin Grosvenor, LSO; Promised End; Radamisto | Classical review

5181 days ago

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, St Luke's, Linbury Studio, Coliseum; all LondonDancing, hugging, weeping, stamping, whistle-blowing and, of course, wriggling into those trademark tricoloured jackets then tossing them aside with abandon, the Venezuelan Teresa Ca... more info

Gustavo Dudamel New Generation King Lear

Promised End, ETO, Linbury Studio Theatre, review

5187 days ago

The Telegraph — Alexander Goehr's attempt at setting King Lear to music has no more success than anyone else's. Rating: * * more info

King Lear

Promised End | Opera review

5188 days ago

Guardian Music — Linbury Studio, LondonVerdi and Britten both considered writing operas based on King Lear, but eventually abandoned their plans. Contemporary composers have been less cautious: Aribert Reimann's Lear was written in the 1970s for the great baritone Di... more info

King Lear

Alexander Goehr: the opera inspired by King Lear

5199 days ago

The Telegraph — Alexander Goehr tells Ivan Hewett why his latest opera is based on the foolish old men in Shakespeare's tragedy . more info

King Lear

Gnomeo and Juliet: a gnome by any other name ...

5199 days ago

Guardian Music — She sounds like a human. And who would watch a love story between a human and a garden ornament? Don't answer thatThere's nothing Hollywood enjoys more than updating old Shakespeare plays for new audiences. Forbidden Planet, for example, was a sci-fi... more info

King Lear Capulets Elton John