Have a cracking time! Fun ideas for the Easter holidays

Grave misgivings

From the House of the Dead – an opera of redemption in glorious Janáček style

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Semiramide; Michael Tippett; Jelly Roll Morton; piano recital at Emmanuel Church; Flight at the Royal Academy of Music

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Carmen on screen; Martin Hathaway; Eddie Parker at the Con Cellar Bar; pianist Masayuki Tayama

The fairies are tutu lovely!

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: LSO Family Concert; jazz double bill at Map Cafe; La Boheme live from the Met; violin making; Songhaven at City Farm

Carmen steps out of character in a new Royal Opera House staging of Bizet’s much-loved opera

English Touring Opera’s season at Hackney Empire takes off with Rossini

Hall the right moves! Acosta takes to stage

Sister Helen on death row

Tosca as screen idol

A heroic return for Ulysses in a thrilling Royal Opera House / Roundhouse production

Review: Song of the Earth/La Sylphide, at London Coliseum

A chilling dance with death

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Haydn’s The Creation; I Musicanti at Conway Hall; Sir Simon Rattle and opera star Magdalena Kožená

The universal appeal of Verdi’s Rigoletto is celebrated in a Royal Opera House revival of David McVicar’s classic staging

Rossini’s torrid tale Semiramide at the Royal Opera House is a thrilling treat

Hats off to Michael Nyman

Triumph of a Tragédie