Opera Now  |  December 2018
Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho, celebrated for her heart-wrenching portrayals of opera’s most tragic heroines, tells Opera Now how she balances onstage anguish with her relaxed, happy offstage personality; a voyage around the beautiful waterfront opera houses of the Baltic states; Cape Town Opera at 20; and the history of opera and puppetry from 18th-century marionette theatres to today’s sophisticated stagecraft.
Plus, Opera North marks the centenary of the First World War with a new staging of Silent Night; an historic greenhouse provides fertile soil for opera to flourish at the Flanders Festival in Ghent; Bethan Langford’s new stage work celebrating the idea of difference; assessing the legacy of provocative iconoclast and impresario Gerard Mortier; Soprano Linda Kitchen uncovers the many divergent paths that a career in opera singing can take; and French director Olivier Py explores the relationship between death and youth in Verdi’s La traviata.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Opera Now December 2018.