Buscador de artículos | Ópera

Hablamos con el director sobre el chispeante mundo de la opereta y sobre lo agotador, aunque gratificante, que es llevar este género al escenario.

Sir George Benjamin habla sobre sus obras pasadas y nos desvela sus ideas sobre el arte de componer

Jonas Kaufmann habla sobre su variado repertorio, la libertad artística y cómo mantiene su voz fresca.

¿Ópera con las estrellas o bajo las estrellas? ¿con picnic en el campo o en teatros pequeños? En nuestra selección de festivales de ópera de 2019 hay para todos los gustos

La temporada de Barcelona abarca desde el periodo de Handel hasta un estreno mundial, cruza el Atlántico hacia Candide y cruza culturas en el baile flamenco y la música de oud, con abundancia de bel canto y verismo por el camino.

“¡Todo lo que se dice de mi es verdad!” Joseph Calleja reflexiona sobre cómo ha sido abordar el papel de Cavarodossi y sobre otros papeles de las óperas de Puccini, y la manera en la que está evolucionando su voz.

En noviembre, Lisette Oropesa hizo su debut en la Royal Opera interpretando el rol titular de Lucia di Lammermoor. Aquí, habla sobre sus papeles en las óperas de Donizetti además de sus problemas para ser seleccionada y de las críticas que describen las voces.

Los directores generales de las óperas de Seattle, San Francisco, Los Ángeles y San Diego nos hablan acerca de sus públicos y de sus producciones, y nos muestran la imagen de la ópera de la Costa Oeste, que es diferente y está en plena forma.

En los Wagner Days de Budapest de 2018 el creador del festival dirigirá Tannhäuser y Tristan und Isolde. Habla con nosotros sobre lo que hace funcionar sus producciones, el Müpa y sobre un renovado Anillo para 2019.

El Departamento Educativo del Liceu ofrece magníficas producciones escénicas dirigidas a los más pequeños y mantiene toda una serie de actividades englobadas en su Proyecto Social que dan vida al compromiso del Teatro de acercar la ópera a todo el mundo.

La nueva ópera de Adams Girls of the Golden West no podía ser más diferente de la casi homónima de Puccini. Adams habla sobre la fiebre del oro, la ópera y la música contemporánea en general.

De todas las ciudades europeas, una de las mejores para una escapada de fin de semana es, sin duda, Barcelona. Mayo es muy buen momento para visitar Barcelona, antes de que las temperaturas sean demasiado altas, y puede disfrutar de un magnífico fin de semana en el Liceu, el teatro de ópera de Barcelona.

The trailblaizing playwright makes a return to the operatic stage to direct a new production of Strauss’ Salome with Regents Opera – held in an old boxing venue, an apt location given the opera’s bloody subject...

With significant works by Louise Farrenc, Augusta Holmès and Clémence de Grandval – including two grand operas – Palazzetto Bru Zane is pioneering rediscovery of French music of the 19th century. 

We sit down with two of the opera world’s leading figures, and masterminds of Brussels’ La Monnaie (De Munt) – how do they balance the competing challenges and thrills of running an opera house?

The Irish soprano talks about singing Mozart’s Così fan tutte with English National Opera, in London and Manchester – and how the wily Despina is the perfectly subversive character for her. 

Thomas Leininger’s Baroque-inspired children’s opera at Geneva’s La Cité Bleue is a unique stylistic departure, which asks the essential question: what happened to the dinosaurs left off Noah’s Ark?

Magdalena Kožená, která byla spolu se svým manželem Sirem Simonem Rattlem oceněna Cenou Antonína Dvořáka za rok 2025, hovoří o bohatství české hudby, jazykových bariérách a důležitosti čtení programních poznámek.

Awarded with the 2025 Antonín Dvořák Award together with her husband Sir Simon Rattle, Magdalena Kožená talks about the richness of Czech music, language barriers, and the importance of reading programme notes.

Fresh out of her triumphant appearance in La sonnambula at the Met, soprano Nadine Sierra talks about being on a turning point in her career. 

Returning to conduct Rome’s Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia this November, John Adams reflects on the situation of music in the US – and why he has so often been labelled a ‘political’ composer.

Contemporary music theatre seems to be in a state of rude health, and we preview several new stage works soon to hit the boards this coming season at venues and opera houses around the world.

The bespoke streaming platform, launched by Opéra national de Paris in 2023, boasts a wealth of fine opera performances – and many standout ballet performances as well.

Enjoying its debut run at London’s Charing Cross Theatre, Matthew Wilder’s new passion project musical Stiletto focuses on a fascinating corner of opera history: castrato singers.

The Cascais Opera Competition successfully concludes its second edition – establishing itself as a springboard for emerging singers from all over the world.

From Henry Purcell to George Benjamin, a set of ten operas to demonstrate that English is not just a language for prose and poetry, but also a vibrant language for opera.

Musicologist Alexandre Dratwicki talks about Palazzetto Bru Zane’s cycle of Georges Bizet performances, of rare works and historical stagings, continuing throughout this year across Europe and Asia.

This February, Regents Opera stages Wagner’s complete Ring cycle at London’s York Hall. Soprano Catharine Woodward talks about embodying one of the most iconic characters in all opera: Brünnhilde.

Buffetted from symphonies, opera and ballet to West End musicals, film scoring sessions, and maybe even Glastonbury, the life of the freelance musician can be as chaotic as it is thrilling.

Kazushi Ono, Artistic Director at Tokyo’s foremost opera house, introduces this year’s bel canto-infused season – and explains his vision for the house’s distinctive Theatergeist.

We preview nine major new operas on stage this season in Europe, from composers including Unsuk Chin, Rebecca Saunders, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Philip Venables and Toshio Hosokawa.

Isabella Steppan ist Swiftie und Operafangirl, und verbringt ihren Sommer zwischen Taylor Swifts Eras Tour und den Salzburger Festspielen. Auf den ersten Blick könnten die zwei Welten nicht unterschiedlicher sein, auf den zweiten aber verbindet sie nicht nur die Musik.

Die deutsche Sopranistin spricht mit uns über ihr frühe Liebe zur Bühne, über ihre Zeit im Ensemble bevor sie nächste Saison freischaffend durchstartet, das Wandern und... Kaiserschmarrn.

Despite a comparably small population of two million, the seats of the three big opera houses in Vienna are filled to capacity. How? We find out at the Opera Europa Spring Conference taking place in Vienna.

This June, Grand Théâtre de Genève offers a rare chance to hear three of Donizetti’s Tudor-themed operas, Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux, in back to back performances directed by Mariame Clément.

In March, 15 months after they faced a storm of protest after cuts to UK opera, Arts Council England published Let’s Create: Opera and Music Theatre Analysis. It’s an eye-poppingly poor piece of work.

As summer approaches (hopefully!), we take a look at the increasingly competitive array of UK summer opera festivals – and what they have in store to entertain opera lovers in 2024. 

Contemporary opera has bounced back from the disruptions of the pandemic with significant gusto. We look ahead to several major operatic world premieres in the 2023–24 season.

The question of animal performers is a thorny one: should they be on stage at all? We explore their use in multiple productions, including Heiner Goebbels’ De Materie, which included a hundred sheep.

Audiences, energy prices, politics, sustainability... With nearly 400 opera executives assembled in Copenhagen, the Opera Europa autumn conference was the ideal venue to take the temperature of the opera industry.

With ten new productions and a ballet world premiere, the 2023–24 season at Zurich is the opera gastronome’s delight.

Opera Europa counts 220 opera companies and festivals amongst its members. Its Director discusses how the opera world is – or isn't – changing.

Streaming will continue to permit “virtual travel” and ARTE’s 2021-22 opera season, just announced, is ambitious.

We spoke to Martin Wåhlberg, director of Orkester Nord, about their upcoming production at Barokkfest Tidlig Musikk festival.

The composer-in-residence at Bergen International Festival has been more productive than ever during the pandemic. She tells us how.

Aix-en-Provence, La Scala, Paris et maintenant le San Carlo à Naples : son parcours se lit comme un hit-parade de l'opéra mondial. Rencontre avec un homme qui n'a pas peur de dire ce qu'il pense.

After a 2020 summer bereft of live performance, dozens of UK opera companies are planning to return. Here's a whistle-stop tour of what's coming.

The irrepressible man of the theatre and Intendant of one the flagships of German opera gives us an insight into what makes him and his company tick.

In this second part of our interview, Káel discusses opera and film direction and his plans for the Hungarian film industry.