Fancy watching opera at one of Europe’s top venues this autumn? Cathy Desmond selects six of the best, from Barcelona to a floating stage on Lake Constance

Ellen Kent has resumed her multiple roles as promoter, artistic director and producer of operas.

A History of Opera The Last Four Hundred Years

TOPFLIGHT will cater for opera buffs for the duration of the famous Verona festival which runs from June 19 to August 30 in the restored third century Roman amphitheatre.

THREE weeks from now, a most unusual birthday will be celebrated in Berlin; Knut, the city’s polar bear cub, will be one year old.

RENATA TEBALDI, the Italian soprano who was one of the biggest stars at New York’s Metropolitan Opera and Italy’s La Scala, died yesterday. She was 82.

Renata Tebaldi, an Italian soprano who was one of the biggest stars at New York’s Metropolitan Opera and Italy’s La Scala, died today, her doctor said. She was 82.

FRANCE’S most celebrated film maker Daniel Toscan du Plantier died unexpectedly yesterday without seeing justice done in the investigation into his murdered second wife, Sophie.

Luciano Pavarotti has issued a statement to his fans explaining why he pulled out of performing at New York's Metropolitan Opera season finale.

Luciano Pavarotti went ahead with a performance of Tosca at London's Royal Opera House despite the death of his mother in Italy.

Luciano Pavarotti is due to go ahead with tonight’s performance of Tosca at London’s Royal Opera House despite the death of his mother in Italy yesterday.