Giulio Cesare in Egitto Owen Davies 01/09/2026 280Giulio Cesare in Egitto was one of Handel’s great successes. It was first performed in 1724 for the Royal Academy...
Werther Miho Uchida 01/06/2026 640Massenet’s Werther tells the tale of an unrealised love between a young couple, Werther and Charlotte. The opera opens with...
Frida, Diego, and the Day of the Dead: Green-Wood Cemetery, Death of Classical, and the Metropolitan Opera Collaborate Austin Fimmano 16/05/2026 686An Immersive Preview of the Met’s New Opera: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego The imposing Gothic arches at...
Ermonela Jaho in Conversation with Rivka Jacobson Rivka Jacobson 23/01/2026 2440Voice, silence, and the ethics of listening The internationally acclaimed soprano reflects on voice, silence, and how lived experience reshapes...
Wozzeck Miho Uchida 23/11/2025 1416This tragedy-driven opera, based on Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck (1837), tells the story of Wozzeck, a soldier brutally mistreated by the...
Beyond the Libretto: How Music Tells Women’s Stories in Opera Rivka Jacobson 03/06/2025 4495Opera Holland Park’s 2025 season opens with Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, closes with Verdi’s La Traviata, and, in between, presents...
The Flying Dutchman at the New National Theatre Tokyo Miho Uchida 28/01/2025 3511Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman draws inspiration from the composer’s stormy sea voyage from Riga to London in 1839. In...
Rigoletto Yael Shuv 08/07/2024 3736I have a special place in my heart for Rigoletto. This is due to a personal memory. When I was...
