The performing arts world has found a champion in the most unlikely of places. When three-time Oscar-nominated actor Timothée ...

Canadian bass Joseph Rouleau, who shared the stage with Joan Sutherland, Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti and other opera greats during his illustrious career, has died in Montreal at the age of 90.

From Strauss to Britten, the Swedish soprano talks instinct, control and why Ellen Orford is such a demanding role ...

Once and for all, let’s lose the idea that opera needs to be expensive. It has a reputation for being glitzy, exclusive and ...

LATIN MUSIC FESTIVAL: La Linea Latin music festival shimmies into several venues around central London from Monday. It opens ...

The Royal Opera includes new productions such as a reimagining of Mozart’s comedy of manners *Così fan tutte*, while the Royal Ballet will mark Wayne McGregor's two decades at the venue with revivals ...

Wagnerites rejoice! Parsifal and the climax of Barrie Kosky’s acclaimed Ring cycle are in the pipeline. The director of opera talks about scoring a bullseye, the storms that rocked last season – and h ...

Brings old-school charm to a touristy part of town Burro, a new Italian restaurant in Covent Garden, London, had been on my horizons even before the napkins were on order, because Conor Gadd, the chef ...

Extremely popular King’s Cross matcha bar Frothee is opening up a second London location. Run by the father/daughter team of Hanife and Ram Hursit, Frothee’s new cafe will be launching this spring at ...

The clothing retailer has also introduced cash payments at its self-checkout tills for the first time in the UK, reflecting the high volume of international visitors to the Covent Garden store. Till ...

The much-discussed “Shoreditch revival” had The Standard’s restaurant critic and me deliberating last week. We were at the new Hoppers, in the tea building where Lyle’s restaurant used to be, admiring ...

The increased store space is a direct result of customer feedback, which Uniqlo gathers via social media, online forms and its store staff, who have feedback-specific QR codes on their badges.