A Puccini Century: 10 defining moments
- Thursday, October 3, 2024
Looking back on 10 key operatic moments in 100 years since Puccini’s death
Features
Rising Star: mezzo-soprano Lea Shaw
- Thursday, October 3, 2024
‘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’
Meeting Nadine Sierra: ‘I don’t take my career for granted ... It can very easily be taken away from me’
- Thursday, October 3, 2024
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...
'I’ve been unintentionally carving a niche for myself in creating script for opera' | Director and writer Laura Attridge on Pergolesi at Vache Baroque Festival
- Friday, August 30, 2024
Director Laura Attridge shares her unique process of directing and creating a script for Pergolesi's L'Olimpiade at Vache Baroque Festival
History and metaphor: the evolving role of prison in opera
- Thursday, August 22, 2024
Composer William Gardner explores the history of prison in opera, introducing his new opera 'The Prison' for the Tête-à-Tête Opera Festival
Meeting Lliam Paterson: 'My starting point was trying to find a musical externalisation of Sherlock’s inner world'
- Monday, July 29, 2024
Opera Now speaks to composer, Lliam Paterson about the world's first Sherlock Holmes opera
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
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...
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
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
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
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