Performance anxiety tarnished Marina Costa-Jackson’s early career. But learning to live alongside it has transformed her experience on stage
The male soprano Bruno de Sá reflects on the themes of identity, self-expression and emotional depth explored in his new album, Mille Affetti
Exploring the nuances of the character of Peter Grimes, tenor Issachah Savage suggests multiple parallels with our contemporary society and inner demons
For his debut album, baritone Huw Montague Rendall brings a new perspective to the roles that have helped him through challenging times in his life. Welcoming the full spectrum of emotion, the singer...
A newly established career path, intimacy directors are becoming an ever-more frequent feature of opera productions. Hannah Goalstone shares her journey into the profession
Celebrating his 60th birthday, tenor Roberto Alagna looks back on 40 years of opera with a new profile album
Many operas hold traumatic themes, but how does this affect the singers on stage? Rosie Middleton investigates the staging of opera with intimate and traumatic scenes and the wider culture around...
As Wexford Festival Opera prepares to stage Stanford’s English satire The Critic, we explore the work’s history and its place in the composer’s operatic output
Looking back on 10 key operatic moments in 100 years since Puccini’s death
‘My wish is that folk feel empowered to use their voice as an extension of their authentic self, and to revel in the small magic that makes them, and their voice, unique’
This September, soprano Nadine Sierra returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto, nearly a decade after her debut in the role. She speaks about her early life, frustrations with...
Director Laura Attridge shares her unique process of directing and creating a script for Pergolesi's L'Olimpiade at Vache Baroque Festival
Composer William Gardner explores the history of prison in opera, introducing his new opera 'The Prison' for the Tête-à-Tête Opera Festival
Opera Now speaks to composer, Lliam Paterson about the world's first Sherlock Holmes opera
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
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