When David Freeman's in-the-round production of Carmen returns to the Royal Albert Hall in February, another return will happen simultaneously: that of the promoter Raymond Gubbay. Battered and ...

It was a hugely audacious scheme: to launch a third opera house in London's West End, without a penny of public subsidy and with the most expensive seat in the house at the piffling sum (by operatic ...

The UK's newest opera company, Savoy Opera, aims to take the art form to a new audience, attracting "opera virgins" with the lure of cheap tickets - some as low as a tenner. The new London company, ...

Opera is an acquired taste, right? Isn't it a bizarre cocktail of inflated prices, overweight singers in outrageous costumes and a snooty, superior audience? Well no, not necessarily. At least, this ...

An opera company that aims to attract a more mainstream audience launches at London's Savoy Theatre on Thursday. Savoy Opera is the capital's first new full-scale opera company for 75 years. All ...