Wainwright and MacIvor to create new opera
The Canadian Opera Company has commissioned a major new opera from star singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright and Canadian director Daniel MacIvor. Hadrian, inspired by the Roman … Read more
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National Opera Week 2013: the celebrations
Opera America’s National Opera Week, which ran from 25 October – 3 November, saw artists and opera companies across North America engaging audiences through performances … Read more
Breaking Bad opera to premiere next year
From the drugs world of New Mexico to an operatic libretto, one of most successful TV shows of all time is to be adapted for … Read more
Opera Australia reveals 2014 line-up
A fiery, sultry Carmen directed by Francesca Zambello; La Bohème directed by Gale Edwards, and set in 1930s Berlin; and a suspenseful new production of … Read more
Walk-in opera premieres in Berlin
Artist network phase7 teamed up with 3D audio innovators IOSONO for their latest walk-in opera installation, Celestial Mechanics – Displaced and Relocated. Premiering in the foyer … Read more
Opinion: Royal Opera House on UK arts cuts
Sally O’Neill, interim chief executive of The Royal Opera House, releases a statement on the cuts to arts funding in the UK ‘I am encouraged … Read more
No factory line
For a decade Bregenz Festival artistic director David Pountney has created a unique event with an edge. As his tenure draws to a close, he … Read more
Brönnimann’s big adventure
Pioneering Swiss director Baldur Brönnimann turns his hand to opera. As artistic director of Norway’s Bit20, and music director of the National Symphony Orchestra of … Read more