 | Henze Opera Launches Barbican’s Present Voices
20 November 2009
A Hans Werner Henze premiere will kick off the Barbican’s 2010 Present Voices season. Beginning with the German composer’s 2007 Phaedra in January, the biennial series will also feature wo....
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 | An Interview with Sally Burgess
8 November 2009
On 17 November 2009 renowned mezzo-soprano Sally Burgess makes her directorial debut in London when the English Chamber Opera’s production of Cosi fan tutte comes to the London Oratory School....
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 | WOS Talks to ENO's Edward Gardner
30 October 2009
Three days into stage rehearsals, and just over a week to opening night, English National Opera’s Music Director Edward Gardner talked to me about the company’s new Bartok/Stravinsky doubl....
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 | Roberto Alagna and Elina Garanca Talk to WOS
6 October 2009
To sit in a small room with Roberto Alagna and Elina Garanca is to be engulfed by operatic glamour. She is cool, blonde and stunningly beautiful and he‘s the ruggedly handsome half of one of ope....
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 | Amanda Echalaz Talks About Turandot and Tosca
30 September 2009
During the Summer, while rehearsing Un ballo in maschera for Opera Holland Park, Amanda Echalaz received a phone call from the Royal Opera House. The next night she was on stage as Tosca, standing in ....
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 | Tenor Jonas Kaufmann On Hytner's Don Carlo
10 September 2009
Think of German singers and it's heldentenors and the repertoire of their native country which comes immediately to mind. Apart from the great Fritz Wunderlich, it's unusual to have a teutonic singer ....
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 | ENO's John Berry Talks About Opera Audiences
26 August 2009
As artistic director of English National Opera, John Berry has seen more ups and downs than most people in the first four years of a job. In November 2005, he came in on a wave of censure (accusations....
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 | Best Pals with Bryn Terfel
7 July 2009
When Bryn Terfel appears as Scarpia in Tosca later this week, it will be his first performance as the evil Chief of Police in Puccini’s opera since the Royal Opera’s production opened over....
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 | Thomas Hampson Talks Traviata and New Technology
9 June 2009
Chatting with American baritone Thomas Hampson, which I do in a rehearsal break for his first Covent Garden Traviata, is a stimulating experience. Renowned for his intellectual rigour, he has a habit ....
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 | Oliver Gooch Talks about Opera East
27 May 2009
Oliver Gooch founded Opera East Productions in 1999 and it has grown to become the touring opera company for the East of England. Following very successful productions of Britten's chamber operas in O....
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