Celebrating queerness: daring opera needs money
- Thursday, July 11, 2024
The second blog in our series collaborating with JAM on the Marsh festival's opera writing residency speaks to composers about the current climate for new opera in the UK
Features
Composer Missy Mazzoli: ‘Opera is a place where classical music can talk to contemporary society’
- Thursday, July 11, 2024
The US premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s opera The Listeners arrives in Philadelphia in September. She speaks about the opera and modern cult intrigue
Sonya Yoncheva and Domingo Hindoyan: ‘We’re motivated by love and passion in our careers. And we apply that same passion to our relationships’
- Thursday, July 11, 2024
Connected by a musical admiration and passion for community music-making, the classical celebrity couple soprano Sonya Yoncheva and conductor Domingo Hindoyan take stock as they celebrate 10 years of...
Opera Season Preview 2024-25
- Thursday, July 11, 2024
Opera Now raises the curtain on the 2024-25 season by exploring some of the key new productions to hit the world’s biggest stages
Magnus Johnston: from quartet to Magic Flute
- Thursday, July 11, 2024
Magnus Johnston, renowned for his career in chamber music, was appointed the concertmaster at the Royal Ballet & Opera last autumn. He speaks about his early career with the Johnston String Quartet...
Soprano Eleanor Broomfield on Mental Health in Opera
- Thursday, July 11, 2024
A new series hears from opera singers who have navigated mental health challenges in the industry
Angel Blue on playing the role of Floria Tosca
- Thursday, July 11, 2024
A new regular feature speaks with opera singers about a role they’re playing. We meet soprano Angel Blue to unpack the character of Floria Tosca
How Jubilee is bringing spirituals to the opera stage
- Thursday, July 11, 2024
Tazewell Thompson shares the inspiration behind his opera Jubilee, mapping the experience of the revolutionary Fisk Jubilee Singers
In conversation with: Connor Baiano
- Tuesday, July 9, 2024
The Italian-British Bass on his introduction to opera and how a shoulder injury changed the course of his life
In conversation with: composer Emily Levy
- Wednesday, June 26, 2024
The composer introduces her new work exploring grief as part of the Spitalfields Music Festival. Incorporating music, dance and recorded interviews, 'Me Without You' is about love, loss and survival,...
Opera Now meets Guildhall Opera Makers: The Casserole
- Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Evan Snyder and Hannah Hayden introduce their comic opera, following the story of two college students searching for a grandmother's casserole recipe and finding more than they bargained for
Opera Now meets Guildhall Opera Makers: Ursa Minor
- Monday, June 17, 2024
Zygmund De Somogyi & Alexia Peniguel share the background to their new opera, Ursa Minor, and the key to collaboration
Opera Now meets Guildhall Opera Makers: Time and Tide
- Monday, June 17, 2024
Opera Now meets the composers and writers on the Guildhall Opera Making MA, beginning with Will Gardner and Sara Clifford's opera 'Time and Tide'
Writing for opera: following four young composers
- Wednesday, June 12, 2024
The first of three blogs following JAM on the Marsh's composer residency in which four composers write operas based on the life of queer artist and activist, Derek Jarman
'It takes years to build an opera company from the ground up but only a short time to dismantle one': Q&A with composer Des Oliver
- Friday, June 7, 2024
Opera Now Editor, Hattie Butterworth speaks to Des Oliver about his opera 'Windrush, The Journey' which is currently touring with Pegasus Opera Company
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