Opera Now Magazine December 2013 Zurück Ausgabe

Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka describes her tentative first steps in opera; Anthony Arblaster surveys the achievements of Opera North’s Britten centenary celebrations; and Robert Turnbull picks out some notable successes and failures of Wagner stagings in 2013 and contemplates the shape of Rings to come. Plus, seasonal gift ideas from the world of opera; a look back over the operatic highlights of 2013 including the birth anniversaries of Wagner, Verdi and Britten; the opera bluff’s guide to Musorgsky’s Boris Godunov; postcard from Russia; and your chance to win a 43-disc box set of Baroque operas from Harmonia Mundi.