Opera Now

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.

Opera Now

Raising new voices

CASSANDRA WRIGHT soprano

NEWS & NOTES London’s Royal Opera House announces name change

King attends Pappano gala

News in Brief

Sonya Yoncheva launches charity initiative for young musicians

IN Opera Now WINTER 2024

Michael Tanner 15 April 1935 – 3 April 2024

Look to our conservatoires for the future of new opera

I’ve rebuilt Somerset Opera to collaborate, rather than compete

Prompter • Excellence and relevance are not mutually exclusive

Letter from Prague • Exploring the capital of Czechia through Smetana and its remarkable operatic history

Art and addiction • Edinburgh International Festival highlights transformative stories of sobriety in an alcohol-fueled culture, even as it faces the paradox of whisky sponsorship.

Scenes from a musical marriage • Connected by a musical admiration and passion for community music-making, the classical celebrity couple soprano Sonya Yoncheva and conductor Domingo Hindoyan take stock as they celebrate 10 years of marriage

Hum of the Earth • The US premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s opera The Listeners arrives in Philadelphia in September. She speaks about the opera and modern cult intrigue

Must-see new opera productions in the 2024-25 season • Opera Now raises the curtain on the 2024-25 season by exploring some of the key new productions to hit the world’s biggest stages

Spirituals on the opera stage • Tazewell Thompson shares the inspiration behind his opera Jubilee, mapping the experience of the revolutionary Fisk Jubilee Singers

Puccini Tosca • A new regular feature speaks with opera singers about a role they’re playing. We meet soprano Angel Blue to unpack the character of Floria Tosca

Quartet to Magic Flute • Magnus Johnston, renowned for his career in chamber music, was appointed the concertmaster at the Royal Ballet & Opera last autumn. He speaks about his early career with the Johnston String Quartet and now transitioning into a pit orchestra job

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

UK opera fringe

PRESENTS… The Greatest Tenors • Their music, their lives and their legacies

Germany

Don Quichotte

The opera lover’s essential guide

Japan

New releases

CHOICE

Q&A with Oliver Leith • The composer talks about his opera Last Days

Book review

Spotlight July – October 2024

Behind the scenes with… ANN RAWDON SMITH – CASTING ADMINISTRATOR AT GLYNDEBOURNE • Following jobs at Britten Pears Arts and the Orchestra of the Enlightenment, Ann Rawdon Smith moved to a role at Glyndebourne that she has filled for the last 24 years

The Opera Now Quiz

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ELEANOR BROOMFIELD – SOPRANO • A new series hears from opera singers who have navigated mental health challenges in the industry