Budgets, Buildings and Berlin: an uncertain future for the Komische Oper
Budget cuts in the operatic capital put the future of major companies at risk. We look at the story so far
News & Features
Opera Europa to deliver 2025 European Opera Director prize
Applications are now open for the prize which will take place at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Hermann Bäumer to become Music Director of the Prague State Opera
Zuzana Kadlčíková will also take over Chief Chorus Master of the Prague State Opera
Colin Matthews opera to open 2025 Aldeburgh Festival
The Suffolk-based festival sees a new opera from Matthews and tenor Allan Clayton as a featured artist
Netia Jones appointed as Associate Director of the Royal Opera
Jones will take up the position from 3 December
English National Opera announces Manchester plans
A new youth opera company is announced among plans for the company's new base
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Weill: Love Life at Grand Theatre Leeds | Live Review
Overall Opera North did this rare piece, which shows Weill on wonderful form, to a very high standard
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel at the Royal Academy of Music | Live Review
This was Humperdinck out of the imagination of ETA Hoffmann, a doomy and psychologically unstable atmosphere where a lot of nightmarish things can happen
Opinion
‘It's the end of the world as we know it... and I feel fine!': Ben Woodward on life amidst a fringe Ring Cycle
Ben Woodward writes honestly about the chaos, exhaustion and all-encompassing emotions of putting together Regents Opera's Ring cycle this February
A financial cliff-edge: saving Streetwise Opera
A opera company working in frontline homelessness settings, Martin Constantine and Rachael Williams from Streetwise Opera ask how we can move beyond short-term emergency measures for funding social...
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