'Finding work would be easier if I were a smaller size’ – uncovering a darker side to opera
- Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Where do we stand with issues of body image and eating disorders within today's opera world?
Features
'If we don’t share these stories, then we forget' – 10 Days in a Madhouse | Opera Philadelphia
- Thursday, September 21, 2023
Opera Philadelphia stages a world premiere telling the story of journalist Nellie Bly as she exposed the mistreatment of women within mental hospitals
'These are human beings, and we're treating them poorly' | Ryan McKinny interview
- Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Ahead of his appearance at the Met Opera's opening night in Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking, the bass-baritone shares the importance of social action and bringing it to opera
'The audience wants to see themselves, they want to feel seen' | Jamie Barton interview
- Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Mezzo Jamie Barton shares her connection to characters through trauma, bringing pride to the 2019 BBC Proms and the impact of living with ADHD
'It’s about changing the format, reaching out to a different type of audience' | Interview with Danielle de Niese
- Monday, August 14, 2023
Soprano Danielle de Niese turns her hand to musical theatre, revealing why it's only now that she feels able to combine it with opera
'Knowing more about the artist only enhances the listener's experience' - Elgan Llŷr Thomas
- Thursday, July 27, 2023
A new album from tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas celebrates homosexuality through art song
Opera and the refugee crisis – a letter from Geneva
- Thursday, July 27, 2023
German composer Christian Jost hopes the world premiere of Voyage vers l’Espoir in Geneva can expose the ongoing reality of the migrant crisis
When classical meets metal
- Thursday, July 27, 2023
Yamaha London’s fusion event brought together rock, metal, opera and everything in between. By Lauren McQuistin. Photography by Miriam Demir/Yamaha London
'We can't hide under a blanket' - Challenging The Rape of Lucretia in San Francisco
- Thursday, July 13, 2023
The Merola Opera Program is redefining Britten's opera with the wellbeing of artists at its core
'I’m always hoping to surprise myself' - Jonathan Dove on his new opera Itch for Holland Park
- Friday, July 7, 2023
Discovering Dove's sound exploration for the world of elements
Iestyn Davies: how the countertenor is rising to every musical challenge, from Monteverdi to Adès
- Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Iestyn Davies continues to forge paths in the opera world, taking risks, connecting with audiences and collaborating with new voices
Anna Pirozzi interview: ‘My parents used to say that I was born singing, not crying!’
- Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Italian soprano Anna Pirozzi talks about preparing star roles at Covent Garden and Greek National Opera
The story of Scipione, told through the London Handel Festival
- Monday, June 12, 2023
Exploring Handel's rarely performed opera through its performance to close the 2023 London Handel Festival
An essential light for even the gloomiest moments - Kaija Saariaho's operatic legacy
- Wednesday, June 7, 2023
From 'L’Amour de loin' to 'Innocence', Saariaho's operas will continue to shimmer in the darkness, says Hugh Morris
‘I cannot be put in a cage. Like the character of Carmen, I always fight for my freedom’ | Aigul Akhmetshina interview
- Monday, May 22, 2023
Aigul Akhmetshina is a major young talent whose sensuous, captivating mezzo voice and compelling stage presence is proving to be a huge attraction in major opera houses around the world
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