Andriessen: La Commedia review – a rich, important achievement
Louis Andriessen latest large-scale theatre piece, based on Dante, is superbly performed and wonderfully varied in tone, writes Andrew Clements
Usher House/The Fall of the House of Usher review – a tale of two houses
While Gordon Getty's treatment of the story was dull and dramatically plodding, Robert Orledge's economic and evocative version was far more involving, writes Andrew Clements
On my radar: Iestyn Davies’s cultural highlights
The countertenor tells Leah Harper about his favourite printmaker, classical crossover stars Clean Bandit – and why you can't beat a good cup of coffee
A haunting account of the Holocaust
Andrew Brown: How to believe: The transmission of fine music and literature in Auschwitz proved to Kulka that hope – and sarcasm – were present
On my radar: Louisa Young’s cultural highlights
The novelist and biographer talks to Leah Harper about a top-class novel about dancers, the genius of musicians and the hysterical delights of Gogglebox
Enniskillen’s Samuel Beckett festival draws international stars for happy days by the lakes
Klaus Maria Brandauer in Krapp's Last Tape will be centrepiece of event celebrating Fermanagh town's most famous schoolboy, writes Maev Kennedy
Antony Hopkins obituary
Broadcaster, writer and composer best known for his Talking About Music series on BBC radio
John Ogdon’s troubled genius: a new biography of the Piano Man
Tom Service: As the first full biography of pianist John Ogdon is published, hear how his astonishing music-making transcended his psychological difficulties