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42 days ago

Opera needs big money: opera chiefs need big donors. New York’s Metropolitan Opera has just lost a $200m investment, but should it have accepted it in the first place?

Opera’s stories of power aren’t …

87 days ago

The Austrian tenor is making his Royal Opera debut as Siegfried in the third instalment of of the Ring Cycle. He explains why operetta prepared him for the opera’s epic demands, and why Wagner’s lout…

4 months ago

Critics worry as heckling, such as that at a recent Royal Opera performance, is becoming more common

Opera audiences pride themselves on knowing when – and how – to make noise. Cries of “bravo”, “brav…

Richard Hetherington forced to play Prince Calàf in Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot after French tenor Roberto Alagna taken ill

In terms of drama at the opera, it will be difficult to surpass Tuesday’s per…

8 months ago

Anna Netrebko’s presence on stage called a ‘disgrace’, despite soprano condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Dozens of protesters have gathered outside the Royal Opera House to demonstrate against a…

9 months ago

The acclaimed soprano Anna Netrebko will step onto the stage as Tosca. But for me and for millions of Ukrainians, every note, every tear will sound different, writes Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
War hero Valerii Zaluzhnyi, known as the 'Iron General', warns that her appearance at the Royal Opera House on Thursday is 'a test' by Vladimir Putin of Kyiv 's 'closest and most devoted ally'.
So far, so woke . But now comes a trigger warning with a difference: for the venue is now alerting its audiences to - horror of horrors - the curtain-up bell.

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