When classical meets metal
- Thursday, July 27, 2023
Yamaha London’s fusion event brought together rock, metal, opera and everything in between. By Lauren McQuistin. Photography by Miriam Demir/Yamaha London
Features
'We can't hide under a blanket' - Challenging The Rape of Lucretia in San Francisco
- Thursday, July 13, 2023
The Merola Opera Program is redefining Britten's opera with the wellbeing of artists at its core
'I’m always hoping to surprise myself' - Jonathan Dove on his new opera Itch for Holland Park
- Friday, July 7, 2023
Discovering Dove's sound exploration for the world of elements
Iestyn Davies: how the countertenor is rising to every musical challenge, from Monteverdi to Adès
- Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Iestyn Davies continues to forge paths in the opera world, taking risks, connecting with audiences and collaborating with new voices
Anna Pirozzi interview: ‘My parents used to say that I was born singing, not crying!’
- Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Italian soprano Anna Pirozzi talks about preparing star roles at Covent Garden and Greek National Opera
The story of Scipione, told through the London Handel Festival
- Monday, June 12, 2023
Exploring Handel's rarely performed opera through its performance to close the 2023 London Handel Festival
An essential light for even the gloomiest moments - Kaija Saariaho's operatic legacy
- Wednesday, June 7, 2023
From 'L’Amour de loin' to 'Innocence', Saariaho's operas will continue to shimmer in the darkness, says Hugh Morris
‘I cannot be put in a cage. Like the character of Carmen, I always fight for my freedom’ | Aigul Akhmetshina interview
- Monday, May 22, 2023
Aigul Akhmetshina is a major young talent whose sensuous, captivating mezzo voice and compelling stage presence is proving to be a huge attraction in major opera houses around the world
‘Opera allows us to step outside of ourselves’ | Mary Bevan interview
- Monday, May 22, 2023
Soprano Mary Bevan’s individuality as an artist has emerged as a bright, beautiful and unpretentious force for the good, intent on changing people’s minds about opera and its importance to society
Marina Viotti interview: ‘My aim is to try to change the image people have of classical music and opera’
- Friday, September 2, 2022
Marina Viotti is a remarkable artist, with a fine, flexible, natural mezzo soprano voice that encompasses opera, jazz and metal. Having rediscovered her roots as a classical musician, she is taking...
John Adams and the creation of Antony and Cleopatra
- Friday, September 2, 2022
Five years and a pandemic after his last work for the stage, John Adams returns to opera with the Shakespeare-inspired Antony and Cleopatra, commissioned by San Francisco Opera and receiving its world...
‘For Verdi and Puccini you need the wisdom of a voice that is juicy’ | Elīna Garanča interview
- Saturday, July 2, 2022
Elīna Garanča revels in the morally conflicted and emotionally complex femmes fatales who have become the mainstay of her career in opera. It’s just as well she draws a firm line between her life and...
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