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Puccini’s Torre del Lago villa threatened by flooding
Puccini’s villa at Torre del Lago in Tuscany was threatened by flooding last month when the Sechio river burst itsRead More -
Savonlinna Opera Festival 2011
Review by Karyl Charna Lynn Reachable only by crossing two bridges, one of which opens occasionally to allow ships toRead More -
Hvorostovsky to perform at the Met
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in June, will sing the role of Count di Luna inRead More -
Seattle Opera hosts ‘Collaborating with Bernstein’
Opera lovers are being invited by Seattle Opera to join a panel discussion about Bernstein via the company’s online channel.Read More -
London’s Opera Holland Park 2010
Commentary by Opera Holland Park General Manager, Michael Volpe “Opera is a buzz word at the moment, and the media inRead More -
Sir Charles Mackerras remembered
Gavin Plumley is British a musicologist and journalist. He is the editor of a website dedicated to the life andRead More -
Can the Royal Opera’s top salaries be justified?
Opera Now correspondent, Michael White, asks whether London’s Royal Opera House is justified in paying huge annual salaries to musicRead More -
Community opera launches new ROH workshop in Essex
Commentary by Rosie Johnston The Royal Opera House’s monolithic new facility in Thurrock was declared open for business on 6Read More -
Welsh tenor Robert Tear dies, aged 72
The Welsh tenor Robert Tear has died, aged 72. Described by his agent in London as “a major European andRead More -
Glyndebourne wind turbine unveiled
A wind turbine on the Glyndebourne Estate in East Sussex has been launched by the veteran broadcaster and environmentalist, SirRead More -
Mandela Trilogy to tour the UK this summer
Tickets are now on sale for the forthcoming UK tour of Cape Town Opera’s ground-breaking Mandela Trilogy, which tells theRead More -
Critical mass
Ashutosh Khandekar considers the fallout from recent trouble down at the Met… It’s not the sort of behaviour you’d expectRead More -
Royal Opera’s contemporary arm to close
London’s Royal Opera House has announced that it is closing its contemporary and commissioning arm, ROH2, which has developed newRead More -
Soprano Edita Gruberová wins Karajan Music Prize 2013
The Slovakian soprano Edita Gruberová has been named as the recipient of this year’s Herbert von Karajan Music Prize. TheRead More -
Plácido Domingo to be guest editor of Opera Now July/August
We are delighted to announce that the wonderful Plácido Domingo will be guest editor of the July/August issue of OperaRead More -
British Library acquires D’Oyly Carte archive
The British Library has acquired the archive of the D’Oyly Carte Theatre Company. The archive includes extensive correspondence with agentsRead More -
DiDonato Juilliard masterclass to be live streamed
Joyce DiDonato‘s vocal masterclass at the Juilliard School on 10 December 2015 will be available to watch online. The masterclassRead More -
San Francisco Opera to stage Heart of a Soldier world premiere
San Francisco Opera has commissioned a new opera by composer Christopher Theofanidis and librettist Donna DiNovelli, based on Pulitzer Prize-winningRead More -
Final curtain falls on New York City Opera
New York City Opera has announced it is to close and file for bankruptcy in its 70th anniversary year, afterRead More -
ROH to introduce e-ticket service
The Royal Opera House is introducing an e-ticket system for those making online ticket purchases. The decision follows a surveyRead More
