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Bringing a new opera of Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree to life in Dorset

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

A new opera of Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree premieres at Dorset Opera this summer. We meet Paul Carr, the production’s composer and director, to discover the journey of the work’s creation

Riccardo Muti’s Italian Opera Academy: safeguarding the future of Italian opera

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

Italian conductor Riccardo Muti’s Italian Opera Academy was launched in 2015 in Ravenna’s Teatro Alighieri. We explore the impact of the maestro on the next generation of opera artists

Lila Palmer: ‘We do not have to choose between innovation and excellence – and we must not’

Opinion

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

The librettist Lila Palmer on setting the right direction for the development of opera in the 21st century

The Merry Widow at Glyndebourne: ‘I put all my best jokes upfront and try to find even better ones for later. I want to send the audience home euphoric’

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

Director of Glyndebourne’s new production of The Merry Widow, Cal McCrystal talks about the sometimes not-so-subtle art of making opera funny

Video of the Day: ‘A message to humanity – Symphony No 9 by Ludwig Van Beethoven’

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Gramophone

Classics Explained offer an entertaining introduction to one of the very greatest symphonies

Antonio Pappano: 10 key performances at the Royal Opera House

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

As Sir Antonio Pappano steps down as music director of the Royal Opera House, Francis Muzzu takes a look back at a representative selection of his many great achievements with the company over the last 22 years

Classic FM announces opera star as new radio host

News

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

British-Italian singer, Freddie De Tommaso will join the line-up of presenters on the classical music broadcaster

English Touring Opera's Robin Norton-Hale: ‘If you don’t get any letters, that means people thought, “That was all right” – I’d rather they felt something’

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

General director of English Touring Opera, Robin Norton-Hale discusses her sanguine drive to present ambitious performances in the current opera climate

Has opera had enough grey concrete?

Opinion

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

Why on earth am I being made to watch yet another operatic story told within grey concrete walls and under arid strip lighting?

Lidiya Yankovskaya: ‘It was often people around my own age who were telling me that women shouldn’t conduct. I got hate mail’

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

Whether conducting the English National Opera, championing refugee musicians or supporting young composers, Russian-American Lidiya Yankovskaya is mindful of the profound connections to her heritage, cultural identity and artistic conscience

Monteverdi Festival 2024 – where everything was born and is now reborn

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

The Monteverdi Festival blends tradition and innovation, celebrating Monteverdi, his operas, his extraordinary music and his legacy in the vibrant city of Cremona

A look inside the Verbier Festival's Atelier Lyrique Academy

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

Exploring life for tomorrow’s opera stars on the acclaimed Atelier Lyrique programme at the Verbier Festival

Director Damiano Michieletto brings Carmen to life: ‘It will be rural, poor, dirty and sweaty, with a burning sun like a western movie’

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

Damiano Michieletto’s new production of Carmen for the Royal Opera House brings a renewed focus on relationships and psychology to Bizet’s renowned score

Introducing the Summer 2024 issue of Opera Now

News

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

Opera Now's Summer 2024 issue champions women leaders and conductors within the opera world

The winner of the Terence Judd-Hallé Award has been announced

News

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| International Piano

Radio 3 has selected the winner of the highly esteemed piano performance award

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Bringing a new opera of Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree to life in Dorset

Riccardo Muti’s Italian Opera Academy: safeguarding the future of Italian opera

Lila Palmer: ‘We do not have to choose between innovation and excellence – and we must not’

The Merry Widow at Glyndebourne: ‘I put all my best jokes upfront and try to find even better ones for later. I want to send the audience home euphoric’

Video of the Day: ‘A message to humanity – Symphony No 9 by Ludwig Van Beethoven’

Antonio Pappano: 10 key performances at the Royal Opera House

Classic FM announces opera star as new radio host

English Touring Opera's Robin Norton-Hale: ‘If you don’t get any letters, that means people thought, “That was all right” – I’d rather they felt something’

Has opera had enough grey concrete?

Lidiya Yankovskaya: ‘It was often people around my own age who were telling me that women shouldn’t conduct. I got hate mail’

Monteverdi Festival 2024 – where everything was born and is now reborn

A look inside the Verbier Festival's Atelier Lyrique Academy

Director Damiano Michieletto brings Carmen to life: ‘It will be rural, poor, dirty and sweaty, with a burning sun like a western movie’

Introducing the Summer 2024 issue of Opera Now

The winner of the Terence Judd-Hallé Award has been announced

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