The Critics

With productions this bad, it is no surprise that nobody cares about opera

This gathering of Van Gogh’s self-portraits is as unsettling as it is impressive

There has been a revolution in the beeb’s sports coverage

A new production of Hamlet takes one too many leaves out of Morrissey’s playbook

Could the jazz-hands pizzaz of musical theatre be just what opera needs?

A new excavation to find the third Riace statue is planned

Two new Nordic dramas reveal a darker side to Scandi paradise

Rupert Goold’s Spring Awakening was too woke to be stirring

A new project to restore Beethoven’s incomplete symphony borders on pathological necromancy

Acting ability should matter more than “lived experience”