Jo Kerrigan reveals why the pioneering Met: Live in HD has become a global phenomenon since it began back in 2006 and set a template for a whole new way of experiencing live entertainment. 

Hohokum is an artistic endeavour from Honeyslug and Sony Santa Monica that doesn't buck the trend of being inherently brilliant and not terribly exciting

Venue: Mahon Omniplex (Met Live in HD)

Classical music:

Berlin’s Philharmonic Hall, Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, the New York Met — these have always been places for the theatre lover to imagine, but rarely experience.

ALBUM REVIEW: Robert Glasper - Black Radio 2 (Blue Note)

Sonya Keogh is relishing the chance to share her passion for singing, says Nicki ffrench Davis.

The weather may be glorious now, but watch out for those volcanoes.

Lismore Music will promote the new generation of vocal talents, writes Nicki ffrench Davis

Emergency response teams have been alerted across the North amid fears the overnight flooding that swamped Belfast could be repeated today.

After the longest absence from the opera stage in his career, three months, superstar tenor Placido Domingo donned the big nose of his character, Cyrano de Bergerac, to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Ireland is today bracing itself for high winds, heavy rains and the possibility of flooding as a gale force storm begins to lash the south of the country.

Luciano Pavarotti has sung his last opera on stage after more than four decades of the high Cs that transformed him from an insurance salesman to perhaps the most widely-beloved classical singer ever.

US PRESIDENT George W Bush may be subjected to the humiliating sight of an effigy of himself being dragged to the ground by anti-war protesters in London’s Trafalgar Square next week.

Met Eireann has predicted a pleasant and rain-free Easter Bank Holiday weekend.