Features
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4 tips for making an album in the age of coronavirus
Violinist Gregory Harrington outlines four tips for making an album when you can’t connect with your audience in real life,Read More -
Ready, steady, rock: ABRSM Journeys Guitar review
ABRSM’s new guitar resource offers independent learners a pathway to playing rock and pop – but does this route leadRead More -
Collaboration in the age of coronavirus
VEVA Sound president Deborah Fairchild discusses the ways in which musicians and producers can protect their work as artists continueRead More -
Rain or shine
Electric Umbrella combats social isolation in people with learning disabilities through music-making. Lucy Thraves finds out more It started withRead More -
Test your wits in the Opera Now Quiz – No 2
The Opera Now QUIZ Do you know your Puccini from your Ponchielli? Test your operatic wits with another fiendish setRead More -
THE OPERA NOW QUIZ – No 1
Do you know your Puccini from your Ponchelli? Opera Now’s editorial team have put together a fiendish and intriguingRead More -
Cafe culture
Toby Deller visits Fidelio, the new London cafe opening its doors to musicians Seen from the street, Fidelio looks likeRead More -
Five operatic originals to watch online online
Lockdown is gradually being lifted, but with live performances still on hold, opera companies are finding ever more inventiveRead More -
Live opera returns to Italy this summer
In the shadow of Ravenna’s Rocca Brancaleone on 21 June, Riccardo launched this year’s edition of the Ravenna Festival toRead More -
21 discoveries in 21 years
As Scala Radio presenter and Classical Music columnist Jack Pepper turns 21, he reflects on 21 significant musical discoveries TheRead More -
Jonas Kaufmann: why Otello is ‘a hell of a part’
‘There are not many operas where I have difficulty coming back to the real world. Verdi’s Otello is one ofRead More -
Drop the kids off at the Met Opera’s online summer camp
The Metropolitan Opera is launching the Met Opera Global Summer Camp, a new educational initiative to engage and support studentsRead More -
Young at heart: Centre for Young Musicians turns 50
London’s Centre for Young Musicians (CYM), a division of the Guildhall School, turns 50 this year. CM caught up with alumnusRead More -
Test your wits in the Opera Now quiz
Do you know your Puccini from your Ponchielli? In our new May/June issue, Opera Now’s editorial team have put togetherRead More -
The unexpected beauties of Beethoven
‘If I could write a letter to Beethoven I would ask him why he didn’t write a second opera –Read More -
Forging futures
The Foyle Future First (FFF) scheme was developed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra to nurture talented orchestral players. Participants rehearseRead More -
Artist of the Month: Chloé van Soeterstède
Toby Deller meets Chloé van Soeterstède, a young conductor with a vision and an orchestra behind her ‘A conductor withoutRead More -
Was Anonymous really a woman?
Professor Laurie Stras tells the story of a musical rediscovery In A Room Of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf wrote, ‘IRead More -
Renée Fleming: a survey of her recorded legacy
Francis Muzzu gives a personal overview of the 25-year recording career of opera’s leading soprano Mention Renée Fleming to aRead More -
Banging on
What could be more fun than making your own musical instruments? Start with these simple ideas using recycled objects toRead More
