Opera (with Opera News)
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February 1950
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Opera is the world’s leading magazine devoted to the operatic artform. Founded in 1950 it provides an extensive range of feature articles, interviews, listings and reviews – of live performances, books and recordings. Now incorporating the US publication Opera News, this range extends yet further, offering unrivalled worldwide coverage of events.
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Latest issue
- We profile the star tenor Pene Pati as he prepares to sing Mozart’s Mitridate at the Salzburg Festival.
- Marking 50 years since Shostakovich’s death, we publish an exclusive interview given by the director Grigory Spektor shortly before his death earlier this year, in which he shares memories of the composer.
- Christopher Hahn, whose quarter-century tenure in charge of Pittsburgh Opera will end next year, is in conversation with the Editor.
- David Chandler revisits the composer Italo Montemezzi, born 150 years ago.
- Jack Doulin looks back at the career of the director John Dexter.
- Our rising star is the countertenor Hugh Cutting, who sings at the Edinburgh Festival and the BBC Proms this summer.
Subjects: Classical, Music, Opera
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- First Issue: February 1950
- Latest Issue: August 2025
- Issue Count: 994
- Published: Monthly
- ISSN: 2059-6707
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