Michael White’s music news: Handel, vocal and instrumental; guitar summit

Defoe’s classic kidnapped by panto pirates in Offenbach’s Robinson Crusoe

Michael White’s music news: Clara Schumann, English Touring Opera; Bernard Haitink

Enchanting Elixirs plus Magic from Mozart ­– and Miller

Bel canto feast live from the Met

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: English Touring Opera; sounds of Norway; Ian Bostridge

A Glass act to follow

Nikki, the doctor of dance

Book now for an opera party in the park

Verdi’s shimmering strings to die for: La Traviata at the Royal Opera House

New ventures in opera at All Hallows’ and St James’s

Bravo for Kosky’s full-on Bizet

Miller’s Bohème: a lofty peak for ENO

Requiem of remembrance

Hampstead Garden Opera brings a delightfully confused Secret Marriage to Jackson’s Lane Theatre

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Wallace Collection; Cosi fan tutte; jazz gigs

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: MetLive screenings; LSO family concert; Brahms’ Requiem; Halloween

Plenty O’ Something in ENO’s ultra-authentic staging of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Juliana opera; relax at the Wigmore; Hendrix sounds; Australian Chamber Orchestra

Poling gets political in The King’s Head Theatre’s splendid new staging of La Traviata