Opera wouldn’t be influential if it wasn’t for the role of the ‘diva’ (Italian for ‘goddess’) or ‘prima donna’. Its voices, the magnificent sopranos, tender contraltos, and mellifluous mezzo-sopranos are huge driving forces that foster…
Q & A: Emma Stannard, Opera Singer
Gian-Carlo Menotti’s much-loved family Christmas opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors, shall be performed as a semi-staged production at St John’s Smith Square by Bampton Classical Opera. Emma Stannard - winner of Bampton Classical Opera…
Q & A: Sinéad O Neill – Opera…
Hampstead Garden Opera, North London’s leading opera company, presents a new production of Domenico Cimarosa’s masterpiece of opera buffa, ‘THE SECRET MARRIAGE’. Stage Director, Sinéad O Neill shares with us what it's like to collaborate with HGO on…
Q & A with Satriya Krisna – Opera…
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Q & A: Jane Gray – Opera Director…
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Q & A: Becca Marriott – Opera Singer…
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Grimeborn: Onegin and Tatiana (2018)
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Q & A: Derek Lawlor, Designer of ‘Wear’…
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ENO/Gate Theatre: Effigies Of Wickedness (Songs banned by…
Review by Tony Watts [fourstar] The relationship of totalitarian regimes to the arts is malign, politicos wanting to neuter them, fearing freedom of expression as a direct threat to their control of the populace and its…
Lessons in Love and Violence: ROH (2018)
[fourstar] Following from George Benjamin and Martin Crimp’s marvelous production, Written on Skin – which was performed at the Royal Opera House in 2017 – their third opera, Lessons in Love and Violence carries the…
Q & A with John Savournin, Artistic Director…
John Savournin, artistic director of Charles Court Opera (CCO) and professional opera singer, met me at Rosemary Branch Theatre in the middle of rehearsals (on a chilly Saturday) to discuss CCO’s new and fresh production…