Opera Rara’s Artist Ambassadors Ermonela Jaho and Michael Spyres take a break from recording Donizetti songs to discuss their passion for exploring rare operatic repertoire
The German baritone shares the artistic and personal impact of his friendship with the 99-year-old Hungarian composer György Kurtág, which has lead to a new album of his music soon to be released on...
Celebrating a city with a vibrant opera scene, Mark Pullinger sends a quarterly postcard from his travels
A co-founder of Hampshire’s The Grange Festival, Michael Moody goes behind the scenes of his work within the company
Holly Baker meets the rising tenor James Schouten
The Iranian-Canadian countertenor shares lessons from encountering ego and adversity, and the inspiration behind the Warsaw Sessions
German opera director Pınar Karabulut speaks about the contrasts between opera and theatre, sexism and directing Bellini
Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu reflects on his remarkable operatic journey, discusses the future for the next generation of musicians and the importance of preserving the voice
David Butt Philip explores his relationship to the role of Strauss’s Emperor ahead of starring in a new production at Deutsche Oper Berlin
In a new series looking at worldwide young artist programmes, we explore the provision at the National Opera Studio as it moves into a new management structure and continues to champion creative...
A Sussex-based company doing vital outreach work with community at its centre
Exploring the history of Britten's Curlew River as a film of the work from June's Aldeburgh Festival is released
With world premieres and community connections, Wexford is a town brought to life by opera
Nicholas Michael Smith introduces his new opera The Stone God and discusses Chinese culture's perspective on the art form
Palazzetto Bru Zane was founded in 2006 for the research and development of neglected French scores. Now, as it prepares for a busy 2025 season, Stephen Pritchard explores the Venetian palazzetto from...
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