Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.

Emily Trigle as Tisbe, Alissa Goretsky as Clorinda and Isabel Leonard as Angelina/Cinderella in HGO's Cinderella. Credit: Photo by Lynn Lane In the world of opera (as in any art), each composer has a ...

Gioachino Rossini is one of history's best-loved opera composers, and his overtures are the perfect place to get a flavour of them. Find out why with our guide to his best ones! You can't get very far ...

Gioachino Rossini was an operatic genius, a master of the patter-song, and a provider of operatic joy for generations of audiences. Gioachino Rossini was born into a family of musicians in Pesaro, a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...