Arts & Culture: Opera

Goldrush Girl

A story to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Glyndebourne by Jeanette Winterson

Uncommon man

John Adams's operas have laid the foundations of a distinctively American classical tradition. But, outside Carnegie Hall, the United States remains a nation profoundly uncomfortable with high culture

­Plastic not so fantastic

An opera about cosmetic surgery is witty, but lacks genuine feeling
Skin Deep
Opera North, Leeds

The drowned world

Elaborate stagecraft is superfluous in a piece as spare and grim as a Norse epic
Riders to the Sea Coliseum, London WC2

The last castrato

Moreschi: the Angel of Rome
Nicholas Clapton Haus, 265pp, £16.99

Back to the drawing room

Will "club-style" classical-music nights really win over new audiences?
This Isn't For You
King's Place, London N1

A different kind of organ

Radio 2, beset by scandal, is still the home of gloriously odd programming

Ode to electric joy

Africa Express was the jewel in the crown of a restlessly creative season
The Electric Proms
Various venues, London and Liverpool

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Edinburgh, open city

Every August, the Scottish capital plays host to the world's biggest season of arts events. Here, NS critics preview their highlights of this year's festival

Unenlightened behaviour

Clunking anti-Americanism mars a bold updating of Bernstein's work
Candide
Coliseum, London WC2

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