Contents List

Preview

• Film composer Don Davis’s operatic debut
• Alexander Goehr world premiere

Features

• Karyl Charna Lynn gives a first-hand account of the lavish opening night ceremonies at the restored Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires
• American mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick discusses big voices and long careers (with a detour among whales and parrots!)
• John Steane recalls his encounters with the greats, from Schwartzkopf to Pavarotti
• Brno, the Czech Republic’s second city honours its most famous son, Leoš Janáček, with an autumn festival devoted to his operas
• We report from Belgrade, where opera has been inextricably linked with the politics of war and peace
• Do Broadway shows really belong in the opera house? Robert Thicknesse thinks they do – sometimes

Professional focus

Europe’s German-speaking countries together form the engine room of the opera world. With a series of recent high-profile appointments to top management jobs, a new complexion is emerging in opera’s artistic heartland. Tom Sutcliffe files a special report from Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Live reviews

• World Premieres, Festivals and New Productions from around the world
• Ingrid Gäfvert’s round-up of the good, the bad and the significant from the 2010 Scandinavian opera season

DVDs, CDs and Books

• Our pick of La bohèmes on film
• Jonas Kaufmann as Lohengrin on DVD. Andrea Bocelli in Decca’s a new CD release of Carme
• Roland Vernon’s new operatic novel, The Maestro’s Voice