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WATCH: Stephen Fry/Alan Davies at Royal Opera House's Deloitte Ignite Verdi/Wagner Festival

What does great art do to our bodies? In an exciting world first, The Science of Opera with Stephen Fry and Alan Davies saw a team of medical scientists from UCL discovering what happens inside us when we go to the opera. Opera lover Stephen Fry took his friend, Royal Opera virgin and QI panellist Alan Davies, to the Royal Opera House. They were hooked up with the latest medical gadgetry to record the physical effects on their bodies of watching Verdi's political masterpiece Simon Boccanegra.The Science of Opera promises some landmark medical discoveries as well as answering some key questions; was Alan Davies won over by opera? Did Stephen Fry get shivers down the spine during the show? Did either of them fall asleep? And what could opera do to you?
By Logan K. Young

  • CALLED IT: Kent Nagano Re-Ups at Montréal Symphony Orchestra

    No surprise that the Montreal Symphony Orchestra's announcement of music director Kent Nagano's contact renewal says very early on, "Since its association with Maestro Nagano, the OSM has consolidated its standing among leading North American orchestras..." In this case, though, there's little doubt about the release's honesty. It's pretty well bang on.
    By James Inverne

  • Philadelphia Orchestra to Tour Europe (Yup, They're Back!)

    The Philadelphia Orchestra will tour Europe in 2015, says the mayor of Philadelphia. On the face of it, this is well and great but hardly news. In the context of the orchestra's trials over the last decade though, it seems little short of a miracle.
    By Classicalite Newsdesk