Features
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Remembering Harry Kupfer: a towering figure in opera directing
Harry Kupfer, one of the most prominent figures in European opera directing in the postwar era, died on 30 DecemberRead More -
Remembering the good doctor Miller
By Tom Sutcliffe I got to know Jonathan Miller partly because I was wasn’t all that nice about some ofRead More -
Reviving Ethel Smyth’s Fête Galante
Odaline de la Martinez has conducted the debut recording of Ethel Smyth’s Fête Galante with Retrospect Opera. She tells CM aboutRead More -
Marcello Giordani – In Memoriam
Marcello Giordani, the Sicilian tenor, died prematurely on 5 October at the age of 56. At different times in hisRead More -
Getting political: opera as activism
Composer and Labour party member Keith Burstein’s latest opera The Prometheus Revolution explores a country in meltdown as the forcesRead More -
Preview: Gothic Opera
Gothic Opera, a new London-based opera company, is launching this Halloween with a production of Der Vampyr by Heinrich Marschner.Read More -
The high-living hillbilly
In the cover feature of this October’s issue of Opera Now, Michael Spyres explains how he found his true ‘baritenor’Read More -
Opera’s worst-kept secret?
Twenty women have now accused Plácido Domingo of sexual harassment. Josephine Miles reflects on the opera world’s reaction, arguing thatRead More -
Event of the month: The Gardeners
The Gardeners – Robert Hugill Conway Hall, London Review by Josephine Miles Family tensions Robert Hugill’s new opera, The Gardeners,Read More -
Event preview: Insights on Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore
On 1st July 2019 Divas & Scholars will present an Insights and Highlights evening on Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, to beRead More
