Opera

Dame Ethel Smyth’s opera dated quickly, but it hardly hurts to have another look at it

A return to enchanted tradition in Siegfried at Longborough Festival Opera

John Blow, Venus and Adonis; Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (HGO)

Helen Charlston & Toby Carr; Siglo de Oro (LFBM, St John’s, Smith Sq)

Spare us the social justice preaching

Classical music is flourishing in Britain — though if you listened to our cultural elite you’d never know it

Politics and historical commentary aside, Lohengrin is currently on at Covent Garden

Ignoring Russian opera — and, in particular, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — is a mistake

‘Peter Grimes’ labours under the weight of national anxieties

Carmen still shocks and seduces