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Dorothea Herbert’s Glyndebourne debut and first album release
German dramatic soprano Dorothea Herbert joins Glyndebourne Touring Opera as Leonore inFrederic Wake-Walker’s new production of Fidelio, scheduled to open on Friday 8 October. The chanceto perform at the Sussex opera house is sure to stir strong emotions in a singer who auditioned for theGlyndebourne Festival Chorus without success during her student days. “It’s a…
Opera North to perform five new productions for 2021/22
Opera North has announced five new productions for its 2021/22 season and a programme of live music in the Howard Assembly Room, as it also reopens its buildings in central Leeds following a transformational £18 million capital redevelopment programme, Music Works. The Company says that the completion of Music Works will see Opera North move…
WNO General Director Aidan Lang talks about the company’s 75th anniversary
As one might imagine, our plans for major productions to mark the 75 years have been shelved. We have, however, created two short films to mark the occasion. We commissioned a poem by Ifor ap Glyn, the National Poet of Wales, called Intermezzo, and this is performed by a distinguished cast of Welsh luminaries in…