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          Opera

          Placido Domingo resigned yesterday as general director of the Los Angeles Opera and withdrew from future performances at the company, following multiple allegations of sexual harassment. AP

          Placido Domingo resigns as general director of LA Opera

          MusicOctober 03, 2019
          The Duke and Duchess of Sussex meet a Koala called Ruby during a visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney on the first day of the Royal couple's visit to Australia October 16, 2018. Harry and Meghan will take part in 76 engagements in Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand over their 16-day trip to the Pacific region. Dominic Lipinski/Pool via REUTERS

          Prince Harry and Meghan meet fans in Sydney - and then spend time with a koala

          October 16, 2018
          Leo Nucci will perform at the next Verona Arena Opera Festival, despite announcing his retirement last year Martino Masotto

          Reprising Verona’s greatest Opera House after it fell on hard times

          On StageAugust 14, 2018
          France, Île-de-France, Paris . Opera (Opera House) National de Paris, or Palais (palace) Garnier, view of the Auditorium during the preparation of a scenography. Getty Images

          Top 10 opera destinations for 2018

          November 28, 2017
          More than 80 children auditioned for 16 available slots in the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical, Evita. Courtesy of Dubai Opera

          Children line up in Dubai to join cast of Evita

          On StageNovember 02, 2017
          Kamala Sankaram (L) portrays Pakistani Mukhtar Mai in the opera "Thumbprint" at the Roy and Edna Disney/Calarts Theater (REDCAT) in Los Angeles, California on June 16, 2017. Fifteen years after her horrific gang rape by a local clan in her village in Pakistan, Mukhtar Mai is reliving her ordeal -- and courageousness -- through a US opera inspired by her story. Robyn Beck / AFP / AFP / Robyn Beck / TO GO WITH US-Pakistan-India-rape-opera, INTERVIEW BY Jocelyne ZABLIT

          Pakistan rape victim attends US opera inspired by her story

          WorldJune 17, 2017
          The best of the summer culture festivals around the world in 2017

          The best of the summer culture festivals around the world in 2017

          May 18, 2017
          Mary Poppins at Dubai Opera. Pawan Singh / The National

          Sister stars made Mary Poppins a real family favourite

          On StageMay 16, 2017
          Matt Lee and Zizi Strallen in Mary Poppins. Photo by Johan Persson

          Mary Poppins – the long road from book and film to stage

          April 30, 2017
          Chinese composer Du Yun has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize for music for Angel's Bone. Courtesy Giorgia Fanelli/Civitella Ranieri Foundation /Pulitzer Prizes via AP

          Visiting Abu Dhabi composer Du Yun wins Pulitzer for trafficking opera

          April 11, 2017
          The New Prince, the dizzyingly ambitious and bitingly topical new opera from Emirati composer Mohammed Fairouz, which celebrated its world premiere with a standing ovation at Amsterdam’s Stadsschouwburg on Friday, March 24, in a big budget production by the Dutch National Opera. Courtesy Marco Borggreve

          Review: The New Prince is one of the most high-profile artistic statements from an Emirati

          On StageMarch 25, 2017
          The cast of Mohammed Fairouz's opera The New Prince. Photo by Marco Borggreve

          Emirati composer Mohammed Fairouz on his ‘geopolitical sci-fi opera’, The New Prince

          On StageMarch 22, 2017
          Classical fans can enjoy a British cultural tradition at Dubai Opera this week at BBC Proms Dubai. Courtesy BBC Proms Dubai.

          Your guide to the BBC Proms in the UAE

          March 20, 2017
          The cast rehearses Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at Dubai Opera on March 1, 2017. Reem Mohammed / The National

          Review: Dubai Opera marks six months with an impressively emotive Madama Butterfly

          March 03, 2017
          Status Quo recently lost one of two of its main faces, when singer and guitarist Parfitt died on December 24. Photo by Christie Goodwin

          Status Quo to perform tribute to Rick Parfitt at Dubai Opera

          February 23, 2017
          Veteran composer, pianist and bandleader Michel Legrand will celebrate his 85th birthday with a performance at Dubai Opera on Thursday. Jordi Vidal / Redferns / Getty Images.

          The legendary Michel Legrand celebrates his 85th birthday at Dubai Opera

          February 20, 2017
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