Werther Miho Uchida 01/06/2026Massenet’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 16/05/2026An 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 23/01/2026Voice, silence, and the ethics of listening The internationally acclaimed soprano reflects on voice, silence, and how lived experience reshapes...
Wozzeck Miho Uchida 23/11/2025This 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 03/06/2025Opera 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 28/01/2025Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman draws inspiration from the composer’s stormy sea voyage from Riga to London in 1839. In...
Rigoletto Yael Shuv 08/07/2024I have a special place in my heart for Rigoletto. This is due to a personal memory. When I was...
