The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra boasts an average age of 35 and multiple collaborations with renowned opera soloists. We meet them ahead of their UK tour
The new production from director Kenza Koutchoukali and composer Bushra El-Turk pulls from a megastar of Arabic classical music to tell a tale of familial reconciliation. Eleanor Knight meets the...
From their debut at Staatsoper Hamburg to breaking barriers at Classical Pride, soprano Ella Taylor is a new force in the opera world. Taylor discusses their journey as an artist from the Royal Opera...
Following a string of operatic successes, composer Philip Venables brings his largest-scale opera yet to Amsterdam’s Opera Forward Festival
Opera Rara’s Artist Ambassadors Ermonela Jaho and Michael Spyres take a break from recording Donizetti songs to discuss their passion for exploring rare operatic repertoire
The German baritone shares the artistic and personal impact of his friendship with the 99-year-old Hungarian composer György Kurtág, which has lead to a new album of his music soon to be released on...
Celebrating a city with a vibrant opera scene, Mark Pullinger sends a quarterly postcard from his travels
A co-founder of Hampshire’s The Grange Festival, Michael Moody goes behind the scenes of his work within the company
Holly Baker meets the rising tenor James Schouten
The Iranian-Canadian countertenor shares lessons from encountering ego and adversity, and the inspiration behind the Warsaw Sessions
German opera director Pınar Karabulut speaks about the contrasts between opera and theatre, sexism and directing Bellini
Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu reflects on his remarkable operatic journey, discusses the future for the next generation of musicians and the importance of preserving the voice
David Butt Philip explores his relationship to the role of Strauss’s Emperor ahead of starring in a new production at Deutsche Oper Berlin
In a new series looking at worldwide young artist programmes, we explore the provision at the National Opera Studio as it moves into a new management structure and continues to champion creative...
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