News & Features
Director of BBC Proms to step down
Ex-Glyndebourne head David Pickard to make 2024 his final Proms season
Opera Now: introducing the December 2023 issue, featuring Nicky Spence
Nicky Spence: the radical tenor raising the bar | Shakespeare's First Folio at 400 | Critics' Choice: the best operas of 2023
Learning to let go: Carolyn Sampson interview
As she makes her return to the opera stage, Carolyn Sampson reflects on the importance of family and trust in her life as an artist

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Reviews
Respighi: Double Bill at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Respighi's Maria egiziaca and La bella dormente nel bosco sit side-by-side in this impressive performance from the Guildhall
Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict at Mid Wales Opera | Live Review
Though small in scale, Mid Wales Opera's production of Berlioz's little-known opera brought great finesse
Opinion
Folk won’t stop worrying about what to wear for opera, until we all stop talking about it | Opinion
'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.'
Without tangible support, I fear that opera will truly wither | Harry Hyman
In 2012 entrepreneur Harry Hyman set up the International Opera Awards with the aim of celebrating the art form and providing financial support to those in the profession. This year, more than ever,...

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