Opera Now magazine

‘Musically, this revival had other significant strengths too, not least the taut conducting of Michael Papadopoulos, alert to every nuance of Verdi’s edgy drama.’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Mark Pullinger Read the full review on the Opera Now website! opera-now.com/content/review…

From Little Women to Family Guy, opera sets the scene in more Hollywood movies than you might think... opera-now.com/content/featur…

Hannu Lintu’s arrival at the Singapore Symphony Orchestra could well take the distinguished recording orchestra to even greater heights ✨ Read the full story on Gramophone now! #ad gramophone.co.uk/content/featur…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Huffman's new Tosca at @glyndebourne opera-now.com/content/review…

The Guildhall School of Music & Drama is currently recruiting for a Professor of Voice. They’re is seeking an inspiring educator who will motivate undergraduate and postgraduate singers within its internationally renowned Vocal and Opera departments ⭐️#ad opera-now.com/content/featur…

‘Debuting as Lady Macbeth, Davidsen thrilled and chilled, with tigerish hauteur and colossal presence and strength’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Andrew Mellor For the full review head to our website! opera-now.com/content/review…

‘Making her house debut in the pit, indeed her first time conducting opera in Germany, Karina Canellakis drew great playing from the orchestra’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️ Mark Pullinger Full review online now! opera-now.com/content/review…

‘It all feels superficial in a production that, below the surface, could easily be half a decade old’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Hugo Shirley Read the full review online here: opera-now.com/content/review…

‘Unfortunately this production is held back by the disappointing source material.’ ⭐️⭐️ ✍️Jonathan Whiting opera-now.com/content/review…

Tenor and director Rolando Villazón stars in a new short film to celebrate the United Nations International Day of Forests🌲 For the full story head to our website! #ad opera-now.com/content/featur…

‘Magdelena Kožená is an ideal match as a suavely suited Fox, the mezzo’s voice as mellifluous as ever.’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️ Hugo Shirley opera-now.com/content/review…

‘Conductor Stuart Stratford and the orchestra evoked a surreal timeless atmosphere bolstered by Shozan Hasegawa’s mesmerising breathy note-bending shakuhachi passages’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Susan Nickalls Full review: opera-now.com/content/review…

‘Mariotti is a master in this repertoire and conducted with great affection for Verdi’s score, highlighting the Tyrolean colouring and driving climaxes with spirit’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️ Mark Pullinger opera-now.com/content/review…

‘In their different ways both James Newby’s bottled-up, frequently verge-of-serious-anger Count and Liam James Karai’s more happy-go-lucky Figaro hit exactly the right vocal spots’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️George Hall opera-now.com/content/review…

‘Sebastian Fagerlund and Gunilla Hemming’s new opera presents a powerful snapshot of a society in the grip of sudden crisis’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Andrew Mellor opera-now.com/content/review…

‘There’s no arguing with the way Wilde and Culpajevs rise to Korngold’s sometimes outlandish vocal demands’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️ Hugo Shirley opera-now.com/content/review…

Ralph Fiennes takes his curtain call after making his opera directing debut @operadeparis

‘A stylish, faithful Onegin marks Ralph Fiennes’ opera directing debut’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️ Mark Pullinger opera-now.com/content/review…

⭐⭐⭐ 'Giacomo Sagripanti’s conducting was incredibly precise' ✍️Francis Muzzu opera-now.com/content/review…

'With singing this glorious, it’s wise to steer directorially clear' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ✍️Robert Levine opera-now.com/content/review…