The secrets of conducting Der Rosenkavalier
Robin Ticciati, Glyndebourne's new music director, talks through preparing Richard Jones' production of Der Rosenkavalier.

Watch Der Rosenkavalier at 2014 Glyndebourne Festival
Richard Jones's acclaimed production of Strauss's comic opera now available to watch free online.

Male critics on female bodies
Tara Erraught, Liza Minnelli and intelligent reviewing.

Opera's "fat-shaming" controversy
When, on May 17th, the young Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught performed the role of Octavian in a Glyndebourne Opera production of “Der Rosenkavalier,” an ugly controversy erupted in the British press.

Sorry, Tara Erraught, but the age of the fat lady singing is over
It ended at the Royal Opera House ten years ago. People seem to have forgotten.

Opera criticism in a modern world
Writing opera criticism is not an easy job, and distilling something as complicated as opera down to a certain number of interesting words must be quite challenging.

Time to bring the curtain down on critics' sexism
A week in which male reviewers provoked a storm by calling opera singer Tara Erraught 'unsightly' has provoked a much-needed debate on sexist attitudes in arts criticism.

Male opera critics are not the arbiters of all that is beautiful
Critics have berated mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught's performance, not for her singing, but for her physique. I'm no expert, but surely opera is about more than a woman's vital statistics.

Dame Kiri says opera critics are "bullies"
Singer weighs into 'Dumpygate' affair while Times and Independent critics offer halfhearted apologies.

Too much looking, not enough listening?
Anthony Tommasini, critic of The New York Times, and Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, a classical music critic, respond to the attention the opera singer Tara Erraught has gotten for her size, not her voice.

Singer's weight condemned by leading opera figures
Anger in opera world at 'cruel' criticism of female soprano star's appearance. Descriptions of Irish mezzo soprano Tara Erraught's weight condemned by leading opera figures.

'I stand by every word'
A review of Der Rosenkavalier at Glyndebourne has sparked a row about whether critics have the right to comment on a female singer's appearance. Rupert Christiansen sticks to his guns.