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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.

What goes on tour…

READERS’ LETTERS

Glyndebourne axes national tour

NEWS & NOTES • Barenboim relinquishes post at Berlin State Opera

AIGUL AKHMETSHINA

Letter from Fujisawa

Cutting to fit • Ben Woodward, artistic director of Regents Opera, describes the challenges he faced in making a new orchestral reduction of Wagner ’s Ring, unfolding in stages until the complete Cycle in 2024

The age of elegance • Refined and sophisticated but also daring, the Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov is among the most engaging singers on today’s opera stage. Immersed in theatre from an early age, he strives for dramatic authenticity in the roles he sings, thrilling audiences with his insights into some of opera’s most psychologically complex characters

Animal instincts • Composer Alexander Raskatov shares some of his thoughts on the genesis of his latest opera, Animal Farm, and the historical and personal influences that have informed his approach to adapting George Orwell’s classic satire into a provocative opera that premieres at Dutch National Opera in March

A national treasure on the global stage • The New National Theatre in Tokyo is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, a significant milestone for a company whose approach to opera has become a byword in Japan for international cultural collaboration

Boris Godunov

Donizetti Opera Festival

Dialogues des Carmélites

Falstaff

On purge bébé

Turandot

La gazza ladra

The Hours

El matrimonio secreto

Lucia di Lammermoor

La finta pazza

Sacrati: La finta pazza

New releases

Mezzo soprano: Cecilia Duarte

Spotlight February-March 2023 • Performance runs starting in February and running through to March 2022. Listings are in alphabetical order by city within each country heading. M = Matinee performance. Comprehensive Worldwide Listings are available at www.operabase.com

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)