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
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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
Streetwise Opera launches emergency appeal
Stand with Streetwise is backed by star patrons from opera and stage
Britten's Curlew River: How Japanese Noh theatre inspired a modern opera masterpiece
Exploring the history of Britten's Curlew River as a film of the work from June's Aldeburgh Festival is released
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Puccini: La bohème at Royal Opera, Covent Garden | Live Review
A terrific Mimì and multi-layered Musetta bring Puccini's love story to life
Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten at Metropolitan Opera New York
Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a captivating revival of Herbert Wernicke's iconic production
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'The view that the Arts Council should just shut up and give us lots more money is not realistic' – Michael Volpe on the ecology of opera
Michael Volpe introduces what it would look like to confronting the opera industry's issues head-on, employing artists on annual contracts and reframing the powers of the entire system
'I’m part of a growing trend of singers who are carving their own niche in the industry' | Melinda Hughes on injury, comedy and loneliness in opera
Melinda Hughes shares the journey from spinal injury to beginning her work as a successful operatic comedian
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