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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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A time for cultural harmony

READERS’ LETTERS

‘Anyone can sing – and should’

NEWS & NOTES • Netrebko bows out from the Met after failing to criticise Putin

Letter from Seattle

Riding the waves • There’s a double celebration at Florida Grand Opera this season, as the company marks its 80th birthday and Susan Danis looks back at 10 years at the helm as general director and CEO. Things have been far from plain sailing, but the company’s achievements have been considerable

Zen and the art of the mezzo voice • Joyce DiDonato is more than just an opera singer. Her global recital tours, the most recent of which is Eden, have galvanised audiences into thinking differently about music, urging us to explore the deep spiritual connection between singing, the world around us, the challenges that face us, and the humanity within us

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A woman for all seasons

On the wild side • The US opera scene, as in most countries, tends to be concentrated in and around large metropolises. Some companies, however, have flourished, performing offbeat works in decidedly off-the-beaten-path locations, from the snow-covered Rockies to a US president’s plantation, from Wild West experiences to the foothills of the Green Mountains, from panning for gold to Alaska’s almost inaccessible capital. This selection is for those seeking opera and travel with adventure and low ticket prices

Sticking with the Program • The US opera world has been a pioneer of rigorous and well-rounded training studios for young artists, creating a generation of opera singers who are thoroughly versed in the skills that are essential for a successful international career on today’s opera stage.

Opera Now meets Melissa Wegner, executive director of the Lindemann Young Artists Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera, New York

Pulled from the wreck • Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers was once the object of ridicule in an era of patriarchal prejudice in which women simply didn’t compose operas. At this year’s Glyndebourne Festival, the opera will be examined afresh, sung in the original French and with its political vigour restored

About time • Historically, song cycles have been the preserve of male composers. Soprano Ruby Hughes is redressing that balance with a series of newly commissioned vocal music by women, including a world premiere at this year’s Leeds Lieder festival

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The Three Queens • Finales from Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda & Roberto Devereux

A Streetcar Named Desire

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Cunning Little Vixen

La forza del destino

La voix humaine • London Symphony Orchestra The Barbican, London

Into the Woods

Bajazet

Figaro Gets a Divorce

Antikrist LANGGAARD Deutsche Oper The Makropulos Case JANÁČEK Staatsoper Unter den Linden

New releases

Opera Now CHOICE

Nature in full bloom • Joyce DiDonato’s new album Eden takes a philosophical look at man’s relationship with the natural world through the lens of songs, from ancient to modern

The female factor

Books

Spotlight April – May 2022 • Production Highlights • World Premieres • Exceptional Casts

My Favourite Things • Australian by birth and Sri Lankan-Dutch by...