Wagorn has performed extensively in chamber music and solo repertoire, but says he has a special love for vocal music and opera, and says being part of the Met’s program is a thrill. Along with Met staff, participants work with guest artists, including...

Festival of the Arts has hosted a number of big name artists in recent years including Van Morrison, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Bryn Terfel and Nicola Benedetti. The 2012 festival programme for May 17-27 is no exception. World-class violinist Nigel Kennedy...

Artist Ralph Hotere has joined the list of 20 greatest living New Zealanders, after being made a Member of the Order of New Zealand (ONZ) in the New Year Honours list, while All Blacks coach Graham Henry

Today we're going to hear the whole of Part I, and by way of introduction I'm resurrecting something I wrote in the 2009 Sunday Classics Messiah

Theatre. I imagine tickets are going to be very popular items in Christmas stockings this year. “However people will need to get in smartly to secure tickets as there are only just over 600 seats available and we expect demand to be very strong from...

Laurent Pelly’s dark-hued but zany production of Donizetti’s comedy “La Fille du Régiment,” brought in as a vehicle for Natalie Dessay, is revived with the appealing Nino Machaidze in the title role. Tonio’s nine high C’s will be sung by Lawrence...