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Andreas Homoki’s detailed staging focuses on compelling and clear storytelling, and, with Gianandrea Noseda bringing energy and directness to Wagner’s music, this is a fresh and intelligent new cycle

Observer caught up with some of the busiest American opera talents to discuss the rise of the tenors.

Opera has been featured (and made fun of) in cartoons for 95 years, from Mickey Mouses The Opry House in 1929 to many episodes of The Simpsons today.

Aged only 32, Sever will conduct two performances of Die Walküre this summer

2024-25 programme includes premieres of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s opera Festen and Wayne McGregor’s Margaret Atwood ballet MaddAddam<br>

A celebration 60 years in the making! Seattle Opera is ready for a big birthday bash with a star-studded cast of singers led by Conductor Kazem Abdullah (Tosca, X: the Life and Times of Malcolm X). Audience favorites Greer Grimsley, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Duke Kim, John Moore, Sarah Coburn, Amitai Pati, and Resident Artist Michael...

Jonas Kaufmann returns to one of Wagner’s great roles, in a production now issued by Sony Classical. He tells Mark Pullinger about being part of an all-star performance in an empty opera house – and reveals a wish list of future plans

Review: Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, Sinfonia of Leeds, St Edmund’s Church, Roundhay, Saturday 23rd March 2024

Ainadamar centres on the life and murder of poet/playwright Frederico Garcia Lorca, one of Spain’s most celebrated artists.

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