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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.

Opera Now

Being there for our art form

JOHANNES MOORE Baritone

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Operalia Competition winners announced

Dame Sarah Connolly joins Royal College of Music as vocal professor

News in Brief

Martyn Brabbins resigns from ENO

Operatic flautist wins major competition

Ryland Davies • 1943 – 2023

Opera post-Brexit: navigating a complex visa system

Prompter • How do you solve a problem like the ensemble system?

Letter from Germany • An inspiring journey of operatic unknowns, exploring some of Germany’s opera houses, both large and small

Guiding light • Ending the year on a high with Das Rheingold at La Monnaie, Nicky Spence shares an insight into his early career, dedicated collaborations and hopes for change within the profession

MY CLASSICAL MUSIC

Critics Choice 2023 • As the year draws to a close, Opera Now’s critics look back and nominate their top operas from 2023

Raising the roof at Opera North • As he reflects on close to 30 years at the helm of Leeds-based Opera North, outgoing director Richard Mantle discusses the importance of adaptability and authenticity when leading an opera company

Wagner meets science fiction • Director Chen Shi-Zheng tells Opera Now how he is bringing Wagner’s Ring Cycle to wider audiences through technology in his new production in Brisbane

Stradella Opera’s true crime fascination • The story of a 17th-century opera composer whose tragic end has inspired further creative intrigue, including films, operas, books and the Alessandro Stradella Baroque Festival in Lazio

Lend these operas your ears • As the First Folio reaches 400 this year, we explore the operatic journey of Shakespeare’s texts – which have flourished as operas and which have been strangely neglected?

Road less travelled • The American bass-baritone Mark S Doss meets Opera Now as he takes on Germont in Welsh National Opera’s production of Verdi’s La traviata

Off the beaten path

London opera fringe

Picture a day like this

Copenhagen Opera Festival

Carmen

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2023 Book Roundup

New releases

Introducing… MUSICALS

Home for Christmas

Spotlight Dec 2023 – Jan 2024

Behind the scenes with… STEVEN MAUGHAN – RÉPÉTITEUR AND MUSIC COACH • Beginning with Beethoven and moving into the world of operatic music coaching, Steven Maughan’s work is now primarily focused around Glyndebourne Opera, where he holds the position of senior coach. We take a look behind the scenes of his musical life and upbringing

The Opera Now Quiz • Do you know your Verdi from your Wagner? Test your wits in this month’s set of fiendish questions for the dedicated opera buff (with a clue or two in the pictures)