In this week's episode of the Opera Now podcast, Hattie Butterworth, Holly Baker and Jonny Whiting discuss Peter Gelb's plans to leave the Met, the importance of the prompter box, and Così fan tutte at the ENO!
In this episode, Holly Baker joins set designer Chloe Lamford at her garden studio in Deal, Kent to discuss Chloe's journey into opera set design, working with composer Kaija Saariaho and her approach to working internationally. Visit our website and subscribe to Opera Now Magazine! Explore Chloe Lamford's work here
In this episode of the Opera Now podcast, Holly speaks to Opera Now critic Hugo Shirley about recent operas he has seen in Berlin, Barrie Kosky and gets a behind-the-scenes insight into writing an opera review. Visit our website: https://www.opera-now.com/ Read Hugo's recent reviews here: https://www.opera-now.com/content/reviews/janaceks-the-cunning-little-vixen-at-staatsoper-berlin-live-review https://www.opera-now.com/content/reviews/shostakovich-lady-macbeth-of-mtsensk-at-komische-oper-berlin-live-review https://www.opera-now.com/content/reviews/korngold-violanta-at-deutsche-oper-berlin-live-review
In this episode, we discuss the closure of the Kennedy Cente, Jonny talks about the moment musicals and opera became two separate entities, and Holly is taught about leitmotifs in opera! Instagram: @operanowmagazine Visit our website: https://www.opera-now.com/
This week we discuss Deborah Warner's appointment as Artistic Director of the Park Avenue Armory, Jonny teaches Holly about the post-Romantic operatic style of Verismo, and Mark Pullinger joins us to discuss Ralph Fiennes' operatic directorial debut with 'Onegin' at Paris National Opera! Subscribe to Opera Now Magazine!: https://www.opera-now.com/ Read Mark's full review here: https://www.opera-now.com/content/reviews/tchaikovsky-eugene-onegin-at-paris-opera-live-review