Polymath was also a doctor and a member of the Beyond the Fringe comedy team

Opera has been particularly badly treated over the past 10 years and the latest reforms offer little hope

We are lucky to have a number of Irish promoters whose taste and empathy for the audience’s experience set them apart

Handel’s first great opera is a comic piece about a serious subject

The composer compiles a classic Horizons programme at the NCH; and NI Opera bares all, with mixed results

The great moments fly past in this assured production

This update, which drags Donizetti into a college classroom, is a real tour de force

The RTÉ Vanbrugh and Jupiter String Quartets produced a blitz of energy