Aidan Lang To Retire As WNO General Director
Lang will step down from the role at the end of this year, following four years in the position.
Glyndebourne Reports Bumper Season For 2023
The Sussex-based opera house says 97% of seats were filled during its 2023 festival.
Aria Alba Call Out For Aspiring Singers
The Edinburgh-based opera company is looking for new members to take part in its production of Bizet’s Carmen next summer.
What is an aria?
We often hear the word aria in connection with opera, but what does it really mean and where did the word come from? Rebecca Armstrong investigates.
Review: At the Venice Fair By Bampton Classical Opera
Salieri’s little-known opera buffa is brought to the UK for the first time in this new English-language version by Bampton Classical Opera. Rebecca Armstrong was impressed.
Interview with a theatre designer – Noemi Daboczi
From creative highs to freelance lows, find out what it’s really like to work as a theatre designer. Rebecca Armstrong talked to Noemi Daboczi, a film and theatre set and costume designer.
Review: At the Venice Fair By Bampton Classical Opera
Salieri’s little-known opera buffa is brought to the UK for the first time in this new English-language version by Bampton Classical Opera. Rebecca Armstrong was impressed.
Review: Blue by English National Opera
Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s opera about love, loss and institutional racism is powerful, poignant and deserves to be a great success.
Review: Akhnaten by English National Opera
This revival of Phelim McDermott’s staging of Philip Glass’s minimalist opera about the eponymous Egyptian pharaoh is a spectacular piece of theatre says editor Rebecca Armstrong