Diverse and dramatic, opera costumes are the first thing to appear in the spotlight, even before the performer has sung a note.
Fabrizio Sansoni, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Sopranos
Magali Dougados
Visual worlds
Working alongside the conductor, director and the rest of the creative team, the opera designer creates the space in which the opera will be ‘set’.
Craig Fuller
Orpheus
Orpheus has became the emblem of the artist who rises above earthly worries and brings us closer to eternal truths.
Patrick Redmond / Irish National Opera
Mezzo-sopranos
Polish National Opera
Young artists
In partnership with young artists’ programmes in Europe and beyond, OperaVision streams performances, masterclasses, and concerts by the next generation of talent, as well as follow them through a new podcast series.
Donizetti Opera Festival
Tenors
Tenors in opera frequently take the leading male role. They are said to have irresistible charm - on and off stage!
Mozart
A man of the Enlightenment, Mozart is not a political animal; he has a sharp eye on the world around him.
Sandra Then
Strong women
Opera is certainly not the most tender artform to women. Between sacrifices, rapes, forced marriages, illnesses, suicides or even murders, women are often presented as the victims of a destiny. Here we focus on female roles who stand out by virtue of their strong, independent and enterprising character.
Wagner
Composer Richard Wagner, despite the controversies surrounding his life and political views, bestrides German opera like a colossus.
Javier del Real
Bel canto
The Italian for ‘beautiful singing’ is used to describe Italian opera of the first part of the 19th century. Three pre-eminent Italian composers of that era are Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini.
Sandra Then
Haunted houses
The Phantom of the Opera? It's not just in musicals that you'll find ghosts. Opera as its share of haunted houses too.
OperaVision next generation podcast series charts the journeys of singers on four young artist programmes across Europe – Oper Frankfurt, Palau de les Arts, the Rossini Opera Festival and Opera for Peace. Every month, stage director and podcaster Nina Brazier, brings you privileged backstage access to masterclasses, rehearsal rooms and dressing rooms.