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READERS’ LETTERS

News in Brief

Vienna State Opera to end music director role

NEWS & NOTES

OBITUARY Michael Hampe (1935-2022)

Letter from Chicago

Winners announced in Voice of Black Opera singing competition

Welcome to my world • Born in Samoa with little access to opera, Pene Pati started training as an opera singer largely through patient study of great performances by legendary tenors on YouTube. His phenomenal success on the international stage is proof of the power of determination, patience and an innate desire to do things differently…

KRZYSZTOF WARLIKOWSKI: The Director’s Cut • ‘When I went to work for the theatre, my goal was to make it un-theatrical. And once I had achieved something in this field, I began to think, now I must do opera. But not in an “operatic” way’ – Krzysztof Warlikowski

Sisters in suffering and strength • A Thousand Splendid Suns, based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini, is a new opera charting the lives of two Afghan women trapped in a cycle of oppression and violence. The world premiere, soon to be given by Seattle Opera, sees the pioneering Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat making her debut as an opera director

Shaking up Fidelio • American Composer David Lang has made a practice of interrogating masterworks of the past to create works that are freshly resonant for audiences today. prisoner of the state, his ‘update’ of Beethoven’s Fidelio, resumes its Covid-delayed tour of Europe this spring

Alcina

The Yeomen of the Guard

UK Round-up

Migrations

Ainadamar

Guillaume Tell

Peter Grimes

The Wreckers

Ravenna Festival

La Périchole

Armide

David et Jonathas

Lessons in heartbreak • Ashutosh Khandekar reviews Hungarian State Opera’s new production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, part of its OperAdventure series, geared toward young people but more than suitable for adults

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New releases

Opera Now CHOICE

Opera Now CHOICE

Spotlight January-February 2023 • YOUR MONTHLY GUIDE TO OPERA PERFORMANCES

My Favourite things

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