In defence of the libretto and the librettist

SIGNOR VERDI died at Milan today at 2:50 ...

Some years ago, Colin Matthews – a lifelong Londoner – bought himself a composing retreat on the Somerset/ Dorset borders and half-seriously confessed to fears that the view of cows from his windows ‘

Theatres offered something for everyone in the 19th century, presenting recitals and opera, Shakespearean plays, or lively mixed programmes of comedy, song and dance that attracted enthusiastic – and

The older I get, the more I come to appreciate the buildings that surround me. I grew up in and around Cardiff and, on finally returning to live in south Wales five years ago, I delighted in seeing on

A composer’s idiosyncratic guide to western classical music