This month, for the first time, Bel Cantanti Opera Company and the Nicolae Bretan Music Foundation are joining forces to promote the composer’s legacy and Romanian music and culture in…
Category: Interviews
Clare Presland & The Rape of Lucretia with English Touring Opera
Clare Presland sings the role of Lucretia in English Touring Opera’s new production of Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, opening at London’s Hackney Empire on 4 October before touring across…
Canto Virginia 2025 Kicks Off With A Powerhouse Masterclass
Two days after a cohort of 20 select local and international singers arrived for this three-week program, Canto Virginia held its first event of their Midsummer Opera Dream festival on…
Samantha Clarke returns to The Grange Festival next month as Violetta Valéry in a new production of Verdi’s La traviata.
David Truslove talks to Samantha about her developing career DT I believe you describe yourself as Australian/British. Where were you born and where do you consider home? SC My parents…
Georgian born and Italian-trained singer George Andguladze debuts at the Royal Opera House
David Truslove talks to the operatic bass George Andguladze who makes his Covent Garden debut as the King of Egypt in Verdi’s Aida. Conducted by Daniel Oren, this is the…
Sofia Kirwan-Baez & Longborough Festival Opera
David Truslove talks to the young, up-and-coming soprano Sofia Kirwan-Baez – one of ten Emerging Artists to appear in Longborough Festival Opera’s new production of La bohème which runs from…
The Lady of Satis House: an operatic monodrama by Jacques Cohen
“Miss Havisham is essentially an operatic character!” says composer-conductor Jacques Cohen, when we meet to discuss the recording of his operatic monodrama for soprano and string quartet, The Lady of…
Die schöne Müllerin: Thomas Guthrie and Barokksolistene take Schubert’s song-cycle back to its roots
The first complete performance of Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin took place in Vienna’s Musikverein on 4th May 1856, by the baritone Julius Stockhausen (1826–1906) accompanied by the Viennese Vice-Hofkapellmeister, Benedict…
Forget This Night: a new disc by Katharine Dain and Sam Armstrong
Lili Boulanger’s life and composing career were tragically all too brief. Born in 1893, into an eminent musical family, she was both a prodigy and a pioneer, becoming the first…
Historic Philadelphia Recital Comes To Rural Virginia with Loudoun Lyric Opera
One hundred years after its original performance in 1915, Dorothy Leona Jewell’s recital in Philadelphia received a reenactment this past weekend at Faith Chapel Gathering Place in Lucketts, VA. Jewell’s…