Friday, July 3, 2015
The eye-watering salaries of Kasper Holten and Antonio Pappano seem inordinate when compared to other arts institutions - or even the Prime Minister, says Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 11:58AMWednesday, July 1, 2015
The actress-director tells Rupert Christiansen why a dark Britten opera has lured her back to Glyndebourne
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:16AMMonday, May 25, 2015
The company has clawed its way back to the top of its game. Rupert Christiansen hopes it can survive lean times ahead.
SOURCE: Telegraph at 05:58PMThursday, May 14, 2015
Investment in the arts has rocketed in Manchester recently. But are we wasting our money, asks Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:37AMSunday, May 10, 2015
Mike Leigh's operatic debut is meticulously directed and performed, says Rupert Christiansen, who nevertheless has reservations
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:06AMWednesday, April 29, 2015
This semi-staged version of Sondheim's masterpiece featured a constellation of showbiz luminaries, says Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:57AMSaturday, April 18, 2015
This week's upheaval at the National Theatre highlights a growing tension at the top of Britain's major arts institutions, says Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 04:00AMSunday, April 12, 2015
The lives of Oppenheimer,Turing and Hawking are being turned into entertainment at the expense of scientific and historical truth, says Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:00AMFriday, April 3, 2015
This children's opera from Jonathan Dove plays it too safe, says Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:45AMWednesday, April 1, 2015
Stars Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson were a pleasure to watch
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:59AMWednesday, March 18, 2015
Rupert Christiansen meets the EIF's new director, 45-year-old Fergus Linehan
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:01AMSaturday, March 14, 2015
No recent theatre musical has yielded a song which has had us humming in the streets. Why is this, asks Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:00AMTuesday, March 3, 2015
George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman makes no sense when it tries to be relevent to us, says Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:30PMMonday, March 2, 2015
Arts Question Time (BBC Four) made a hash of this opportunity to discuss the future of the arts, says Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:57AMFriday, February 27, 2015
Rupert Christiansen asks whether theatre, concert and cinema start times are too Londoncentric
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:19PMSunday, February 15, 2015
Rupert Christiansen laments the declining popularity of the cheap seats at the opera
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 03:00AMSunday, February 1, 2015
As Mike Leigh prepares to direct 'The Pirates of Penzance', he tells Rupert Christiansen about his life-long love for Gilbert and Sullivan
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:09PMWednesday, December 17, 2014
Rupert Christiansen welcomes Darren Henley, the new chief executive of Arts Council England
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:40AMSaturday, December 6, 2014
This Tristan und Isolde is incandescent at first, but becomes silly and obfuscating as it goes on
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:18AMAs she prepares to direct ENO's first children's opera, Katie Mitchell expects scrutiny even more severe than she gets for her 'serious' stage shows
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:00AMMonday, October 20, 2014
We are in danger of making the question of gender in the theatre much more problematic than it needs to be, says Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:15AMFriday, October 17, 2014
Rupert Christiansen applauds the idea of 'tweet seats' at the theatre
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:28AMSaturday, October 11, 2014
Rupert Christiansen witnesses a singer at the height of her powers
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:50PMWednesday, September 17, 2014
This stripped-down version of Verdi's opera is inspired, says Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:32AMFriday, September 12, 2014
This dangerous, exhilarating revival hits a bullseye, says Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:08AMSaturday, August 23, 2014
This version of Massenet's romantic tragedy is one of the more stylish and imaginative, says Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:44AMFriday, August 22, 2014
The battle with the unions may be over, but the Met's crisis rumbles on
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:51AMTuesday, August 12, 2014
Rutland Boughton's 'music-drama' The Immortal Hour gets a brave and intriguing revival, says Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:21PMIt's eclipsed by the free-wheeling frivolities of the Fringe, says Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:15PMWednesday, July 30, 2014
Governments across the globe have used culture to regenerate cities, but they may not like the consequences, says Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:19AMTuesday, July 15, 2014
Rupert Christiansen on Arts Council England's proposals to widen the appeal of ballet and opera
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:46AM 
