Rupert Christiansen

Rupert was the Daily Telegraph’s opera critic from 1996 to 2020 and remains a regular reviewer there. His many books include Prima Donna and the Faber Pocket Guide to Opera, and his most recent publication is Diaghilev’s Empire. Currently dance critic of The Spectator and Collaborating Research Scholar at Keble College, Oxford, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of the editorial board of Opera.