Jacquelyn Stucker on building momentum and opera's digital challenge

Jacquelyn Stucker

Jacquelyn Stucker (Azema) and Lawrence Brownlee (Idreno) in Semiramide

Jacquelyn Stucker (Armida) in Glyndebourne Touring Opera's Rinaldo

Jacquelyn Stucker in a JPYA recital

Jacquelyn Stucker (Alessandro) in Berenice

By Mark Pullinger, 06 October 2020

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Raising the curtain: Jacquelyn Stucker on building momentum and opera's digital challenge