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
Melinda Hughes shares the journey from spinal injury to beginning her work as a successful operatic comedian
Certain repertoire has the weight of history on its shoulders, but we should remember that previous singers were only interpreters
What is my opinion as a critic, audience member and fan of the opera worth, against that of its creator?
Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music Laurence Cummings looks back on the history of French Baroque opera and considers why it is so neglected in the UK
The traditional operatic canon can still profoundly speak to us today
Founder of Lewisham Creative Chorus brings forward the power of storytelling through opera, no matter your background
Singer, librettist and lecturer Jessica Walker highlights the importance of higher education in the development of new opera and audiences
The International Opera Awards founder and entrepreneur argues the need for togetherness when campaigning for funding in the arts
The librettist Lila Palmer on setting the right direction for the development of opera in the 21st century
Why on earth am I being made to watch yet another operatic story told within grey concrete walls and under arid strip lighting?
Exploring the singer’s parallels with Puccini and why the opera stage should utilise up-and-coming songwriters
Am I rejoicing about the announcement from ENO that it will ‘move’ to Manchester? Yes and no...
How do you solve a problem like ensemble system?
'It’s due partly to the class trappings that still linger around opera, partly to media representation of it and partly to the general aura that we, the opera crowd, tend to emit.'
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