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A national treasure?

ENO loses grant in radical shake-up of arts funding • PREVIEWS, NEWS AND EVENTS IN THE OPERA WORLD

Royal Opera House appoints new music director

Lessons of innocence and evil • Composer Noah Max has worked with increasing urgency over the past five years to bring his new operatic adaptation of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas to the stage. The work will be receiving its world premiere in January

New horizons in Zagreb

The death of English National Opera

The voice of an angel • Danielle de Niese is one of opera’s most popular and dynamic artists, whose international career defies definition. She excels across a wide range of genres, from Baroque and Mozart to 20th-century masterpieces, contemporary work and musical theatre. This month she stars at English National Opera in Jake Heggie’s It ’s a Wonderful Life, inspired by Frank Capra’s heartwarming film, a celebration of the spirit of Christmas

A matter of conscience • Kasper Holten’s new production of Boris Godunov, which opens the new season at La Scala this month, goes back to Modest Mussorgky’s dark, terse original version of 1869, bringing the conscience of the Tsar into sharp focus

Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940) • Soprano Luisa Tetrazzini’s colourful life off-stage has tended to eclipse her considerable vocal artistry in a wide variety of roles. A new study throws the spotlight on Tetrazzini’s beautiful, spontaneous and passionate singing, as preserved on record

Travels with my Opera glasses • Professor Anthony Ogus travels the length of France, visiting three of the country’s leading opera houses for three very different, though all highly satisfying, productions of operas from the core repertoire…

Aida

Fool Moon

Last Days

Gods of the Game

Tristan und Isolde

Medea

Ermione

The Cunning Little Vixen

Festival Verdi 2022

Peter Grimes

Athens

Books

The fire within • A candid new film by Jan Schmidt-Garre explores the inner motivations of three sopranos at the top of their profession, as they reveal what compels them to perform and share their intimate experiences of a life devoted to their artistry as singers

New releases

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On a high • Javier Camarena’s new recording of Donizetti arias takes you beyond the high notes to the emotional heart of Donizetti’s lyrical writing for tenor voice

Spotlight Dec 2022-Jan 2023 • YOUR MONTHLY GUIDE TO OPERA PERFORMANCES

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