Opera Now  |  December 2016
Kristine Opolais, one of the great Puccini heroines of our time, speaks to Opera Now about putting her heart and soul into the tragic women she portrays on stage; the Hong Kong Philharmonic continues its orchestral rite of passage with Wagner’s Die Walküre, the second instalment of Naxos’s Ring cycle; and Joyce DiDonato introduces the themes of her new album In War and Peace.
Plus, La Scala’s controversial project to perform Puccini’s operas in their original versions; a new festival in the Russian city of Vladivostok headed by Valery Gergiev celebrates the region’s unique identity through opera; a weekend in Prague; Michael White sings the praises of novelist and librettist Janice Galloway; and Tosca at English National Opera.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Opera Now December 2016.