Purcell: Dido and Aeneas " Joyce DiDonato sings with blazing fury
The opera star dominates this five-star recording, with Maxim Emelyanychev conducting Il Pomo d'Oro
The opera star dominates this five-star recording, with Maxim Emelyanychev conducting Il Pomo d'Oro
Indigenous Canadian playwright Cliff Cardinal prompts walkouts with a confrontational performance that tackles colonialism and liberalism
At Edinburgh International Festival, Handspring Puppet Company's reimagining of Goethe's morality tale still has plenty to say three decades on
Eva Victor deftly directs and stars as a New England student who refuses to be defined by the crime against her
Sepideh Farsi's haunting documentary captures her friendship with photojournalist Fatma Hassona before her death in an IDF air strike
The actor stretches himself as a Midwestern accountant confronted with mortality in a twisty Stephen King-based story
James Ijames's Pulitzer-winning play brings a rich melange of Shakespeare and ham-based humour to Stratford-upon-Avon
Conservative sheriff Joaquin Phoenix and liberal mayor Pedro Pascal clash messily in Ari Aster's pointedly deranged satire
The pair play conflicting national leaders in a series full of conspiracy, back-stabbings and betrayals
Sparky London staging has laughter and spontaneity but misses the play's melancholic depths
The Czech conductor is only the fourth person in the job in 54 years, and he aims to keep the house 'harmonious'
The composer's expansive work, conducted by Mark Elder, could have been written with the Royal Albert Hall in mind
The British star was a magnetic screen presence and a symbol of London at its cultural zenith
Roseanna Leney is a persuasive heroine in this new piece about the tragic queen, premiered in Edinburgh
The sculptor of the CIA's 'Kryptos' has spent decades guarding its last secret code. What happens when he's gone?
A hundred years after his birth, have successors such as Robin Williams, Steve Coogan or Sacha Baron Cohen come close to matching him?
The bassist, drummer Tyshawn Sorey and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire spin a glittering weave of melodic nuance
The young South Korean pianist lifts the musicianship of these 12 short, simple pieces to a high level
One of the few to win Grammys in classical and rock, The National's guitarist has a gift for genre-hopping, from Steve Reich to Taylor Swift. He explains how he does it
The '12 Years a Slave' star discusses his new film 'The Life of Chuck', why theatre changed him and how the camera gets 'behind the eyes'
Collection of 11 short plays, performed as part of the Edinburgh International Festival, is messy, urgent and angry
A new adaptation of Hedda Gabler at the Theatre Royal, Bath struggles to make sense in a contemporary setting
Executive produced by Knox and Monica Lewinsky, this uneasy Disney+ series revisits the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher
Part theatre, part gig, Abigail and Shaun Bengson's Edinburgh Fringe show is endearingly messy
Bob Odenkirk returns as the ex-hitman turned ass-kicking dad, this time with his funny bone intact