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Apple Music Launches a new standalone app for classical music: Apple Music Classical

Opera singers urge executives to reconsider BBC singers closure

Comprehensive Callas on record

In memoriam: Tom Hawkes

A Renaissance man about town • The luxury brand house of Cartier, famous for its jewellery and watches, is making a lasting impact on the cultural fabric of Venice, thanks in large part to president and CEO Cyrille Vigneron, who has bought his love of music into his corporate vision of his company’s brand

A ceiling of stars • Celebrating 100 seasons of Verona’s Arena Opera Festival

Dan Ettinger • The new music director of Teatro San Carlo

Reviving and Thriving • Athens’s Olympia Municipal Music Theatre‘Maria Callas’ forges new paths under Artistic Director Olivier Descotes

Continuing connections beyond the opera house • Meeting the minds behind OperaStreaming – Italian opera’s online home

Embracing change • Erika Grimaldi speaks about her vibrant career and creative influences

Rusalka

Il viaggio a Reims

Ariadne auf Naxos

Arabella

Gianni Schicchi

London Handel Festival: In the Realms of Sorrow

Review: Janáček Festival in Brno • The Royal Opera House’s Music Director-elect shines at the Janáček’s Theatre, Brno in the composer's final opera

Sonya Yoncheva: ‘We often forget that we are sensual creatures’ • The Bulgarian soprano on empowerment and celebrating the history of courtesans

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Spotlight April-May 2023

My Favourite Things • Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński has quickly emerged as one of the most vibrant performers on the international classical music scene, triumphing on stage, in concert, and on recording. Graduating from the Juilliard School in 2017, he immediately began his international career and has performed leading roles with many opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House and Warsaw Grand Theatre

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)