Leoš Janáček’s final opera never promised to be easy listening; based on Dostoevsky’s novel set in a Siberian gulag, the piece might be difficult to digest at f...
To make opera more accessible and inviting to new (and younger) audiences – this is the challenging but commendable mission that English National Opera have set...
At just 19 years old, Dmitri Shostakovich unveiled his First Symphony in Leningrad to widespread acclaim and was compared to such greats as Stravinsky and Proko...