An opera lover and a journalist. A member of the Foreign Press Association in London. She contributes her articles to Japanese magazines as well as Plays to See. She graduated with a BA in Opera Studies from Manchester University and received her MA by researching Gender issues and Orientalism in Opera from UCL. She is currently an Adjunct Instructor in Opera Studies at Temple University, Japan Campus.
Gaetano Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore remains one of opera’s most enduring comic masterpieces. The opera follows Nemorino, an earnest but insecure...
Jun Aguni’s spectacular Florentine double bill, Eine florentinische Tragödie (A Florentine Tragedy) and Gianni Schicchi, made a triumphant return after...