Ever since its first production in 1974, Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon has been a staple of modern ballet. This revival shows why. With Francesca Hayward’s stunning reprisal as the titular character and ...

Roll on half a century and that teenage seductress is up there with Juliet, Giselle, Aurora and Odette-Odile – the most coveted as well as the most technically challenging roles in the canon – while ...

If Puccini knew one thing, it’s that nobody got rich by underestimating the public appetite for sex and seediness. In order to make his mark on the operatic world he took the bold decision to ...