Opera Now

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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The importance of diversity

KATHERINE MCINDOE Soprano

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NEWS & NOTES • RSC announces Britten and Holst play

News in Brief

Nevill Holt Opera rebrands as Nevill Holt Festival

Royal recognition for classical leaders in 2024 New Year Honours List

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Weir opera to open Aldeburgh Festival

IN OperaNow SUMMER 2024

If Taylor Swift was an opera composer… • Exploring the singer’s parallels with Puccini and why the opera stage should utilise up-and-coming songwriters

Prompter • If Manchester is to work, ENO needs to forget about London

A weekend on the road • Following Scottish Opera on its Opera Highlights tour, we explore how the company takes the joy of opera to remote Scottish communities

Breaking barriers • Redefining industry norms with his work on- and off-stage, tenor Russell Thomas shares how he is channelling trauma into powerful art to inspire and heal

Being the change • Former opera singer, now founder and CEO of Valentine Voice Care, Kate Valentine tells Opera Now about the motivation behind her voice centres and the importance of industry-wide education to de-stigmatise vocal injury and create safer working environments

Royalty, relationship and religion • A world premiere at Dresden’s Semperoper from Detlev Glanert exposes the detailed collaborations of this dedicated storyteller. Here he reveals the inspirations behind The Jewess of Toledo

Passion and perseverance • Soon to star as Mimì in the Royal Opera House’s revival of La bohème, Chilean soprano Yaritza Véliz shares her inspiring journey of conquering language and cultural barriers to soar in the world of opera

GRAMAPHONE PRESENTS… MY CLASSICAL MUSIC

Reclaiming the narrative • Composer Jacques Cohen premiered his opera The Lady of Satis House in 2012. Now, over 10 years later, he reflects on the work and its themes as the premiere recording is released

The Greatest Tenors • Their music, their lives and their legacies

UK Fringe opera

Donizetti Opera Festival, Bergamo

Turandot

Alcina

Washington National Opera

The opera lover’s essential guide

Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung

New releases

Opera Now CHOICE

Mind of his own • As tenor Daniel Behle moves towards Wagner roles, taking the title role in Christoph Loy’s new Lohengrin at Dutch National Opera, he shares the importance of family, versatility and making space to listen in his life as an artist

Spotlight February – March 2024 • Production Highlights • World Premieres • Exceptional Casts

The Opera Now Quiz

Behind the scenes with… • SCOTT COOPER, DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION – THE GRANGE FESTIVAL