Britten's Curlew River: How Japanese Noh theatre inspired a modern opera masterpiece
- Friday, November 15, 2024
Exploring the history of Britten's Curlew River as a film of the work from June's Aldeburgh Festival is released
Features
Thrills of theatre: a letter from Wexford
- Tuesday, November 5, 2024
With world premieres and community connections, Wexford is a town brought to life by opera
Between East and West: an opera on China
- Thursday, October 24, 2024
Nicholas Michael Smith introduces his new opera The Stone God and discusses Chinese culture's perspective on the art form
Hidden treasures: a letter from Palazzetto Bru Zane
- Friday, October 11, 2024
Palazzetto Bru Zane was founded in 2006 for the research and development of neglected French scores. Now, as it prepares for a busy 2025 season, Stephen Pritchard explores the Venetian palazzetto from...
Marina Costa-Jackson: ‘Fear and impostor syndrome can convince you that you don’t belong, that you’ll fail, that you aren’t enough’
- Friday, October 11, 2024
Performance anxiety tarnished Marina Costa-Jackson’s early career. But learning to live alongside it has transformed her experience on stage
Meeting male soprano Bruno de Sá: ‘Casting directors don’t know where to put you. You are like an alien’
- Friday, October 11, 2024
The male soprano Bruno de Sá reflects on the themes of identity, self-expression and emotional depth explored in his new album, Mille Affetti
On a Role: Issachah Savage on Peter Grimes
- Friday, October 11, 2024
Exploring the nuances of the character of Peter Grimes, tenor Issachah Savage suggests multiple parallels with our contemporary society and inner demons
Huw Montague Rendall interview: ‘It’s music I’ve chosen that has got me through very difficult times in my life’
- Friday, October 11, 2024
For his debut album, baritone Huw Montague Rendall brings a new perspective to the roles that have helped him through challenging times in his life. Welcoming the full spectrum of emotion, the singer...
Behind the scenes with an intimacy director
- Tuesday, October 8, 2024
A newly established career path, intimacy directors are becoming an ever-more frequent feature of opera productions. Hannah Goalstone shares her journey into the profession
'You can't be as handsome as when you're young, but you're more interesting': Roberto Alagna Interview
- Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Celebrating his 60th birthday, tenor Roberto Alagna looks back on 40 years of opera with a new profile album
Staging trauma: the culture of fear in opera
- Thursday, October 3, 2024
Many operas hold traumatic themes, but how does this affect the singers on stage? Rosie Middleton investigates the staging of opera with intimate and traumatic scenes and the wider culture around...
Resurrecting an English rarity: Stanford’s The Critic at Wexford Festival Opera
- Thursday, October 3, 2024
As Wexford Festival Opera prepares to stage Stanford’s English satire The Critic, we explore the work’s history and its place in the composer’s operatic output
A Puccini Century: 10 defining moments
- Thursday, October 3, 2024
Looking back on 10 key operatic moments in 100 years since Puccini’s death
Rising Star: mezzo-soprano Lea Shaw
- Thursday, October 3, 2024
‘My wish is that folk feel empowered to use their voice as an extension of their authentic self, and to revel in the small magic that makes them, and their voice, unique’
Meeting Nadine Sierra: ‘I don’t take my career for granted ... It can very easily be taken away from me’
- Thursday, October 3, 2024
This September, soprano Nadine Sierra returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto, nearly a decade after her debut in the role. She speaks about her early life, frustrations with...
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