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Opera Now captures the drama, colour and vitality of one of the most powerful of all the performing arts, showcasing the creative spirit of opera both on stage and behind the scenes. In addition, our 32-year magazine archive is now available to subscribers to our ‘digital’ and ‘print & digital’ packages, allowing you to explore more than 270 issues of opera history.

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CHARLOTTE CORDEROY Conductor • We talk to the British conductor as she prepares to conduct Vaughan Williams’ The Pilgrim’s Progress with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Three Choirs Festival

News in Brief

Nicky Spence and Richard Mantle among those named in King’s Birthday Honours

NEWS & NOTES • Italian bass Adolfo Corrado wins BBC Cardiff Singer of the World

Beyond the opera stage… V&A Museum ‘DIVA’ exhibition

Theatre and opera freelancers face gender pay gap of 37.4%

OBITUARY Graham Clark 1941 – 2023

From L’Amour de loin to Innocence, Saariaho’s operas will continue to shimmer in the darkness

Prompter • Life beyond the country house – one summer weekend in the broadsheets crystallises the stark crossroads facing British opera

Travels with my pera glasses • Professor Anthony Ogus travels to Sweden and Poland to discover some of northern Europe’s operatic treasures

League of her own • Mezzo Jamie Barton shares her connection to characters through trauma, bringing pride to the 2019 BBC Proms and the impact of ADHD

Nature’s course • Mexican-American soprano Ailyn Pérez talks about a Verdian affinity and her upcoming Met appearance in Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas

‘Mad and sad’ • We explore Dani Howard’s new work for the Copenhagen Opera Festival and its importance in the history of women’s mental health care

The Great Connector • This autumn, Ryan McKinny stars in the Met’s season-opening production of Dead Man Walking. Like everything the bass-baritone does, he’s using the role to tell stories we need to hear

Making history • Beginning with lyric theatre in 18th-century South Carolina, America’s opera history laid the foundation to creating increasingly experimental and inclusive modern opera

Alice’s Adventures in Germany • Gerald Barry’s opera takes to Theater Magdeburg’s main stage and showcases the house’s dedication to celebrating experimental voices

Grace Bumbry (1937 - 2023) • Mezzo soprano Grace Bumbry was one of the most renowned singers of her generation. Making history as the first black singer to appear at the Bayreuth Festival, she will be remembered for the scope and flexibility of her remarkable voice

ROUND -UP London opera fringe

Orfeo ed Euridice

VERDI

France

Madame Butterfly

Renée Fleming and Evgeny Kissin

Die Zauberf löte

New releases

La vestale Spontini

Spotlight Aug – Sept 2023

My Favourite Things • Following success at Plácido Domingo’s Operalia Competition in 2015, South Korean soprano Hera Hyesang Park has enjoyed critically acclaimed performances from the Metropolitan Opera to Glyndebourne. We explore some of her favourite things...

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