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Moniuszko
Moniuszko

Stanisław Moniuszko is generally regarded as the founder of Polish national opera and the most important composer of the 19th century after Chopin.

Xerxes
Baroquissimo!
Britten
Britten

Britten's operas explore profound human experiences that continue to captivate audiences around the world with their touching portrayal of the human condition.

La sonnambula
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.

Hyoyoung Kim
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.

Janáček
Janáček

Czech composer Leoš Janáček is a unique musical voice with an uncanny ability to suggest mood with just a few notes, an understated but passionate lyricism, and an emotional charge to his operas as powerful as any in the 20th century.

Mozart
Mozart

A man of the Enlightenment, Mozart is not a political animal; he has a sharp eye on the world around him.

Puccini
Puccini

Giacomo Puccini is regarded as the greatest Italian composer of the generation after Giuseppe Verdi.

Pelléas et Mélisande
Costume workshop

Diverse and dramatic, opera costumes are the first thing to appear in the spotlight, even before the performer has sung a note.

Tenors, La fille du régiment, Donizetti Opera Festival
Tenors

Tenors in opera frequently take the leading male role. They are said to have irresistible charm - on and off stage!

Tara Erraught
Mezzo-sopranos

Mezzo-soprano, or ‘half-soprano’ is the female voice that stands between the soprano and the contralto.

Angela Meade
Sopranos

Soprano is the highest operatic voice and the most common in the female range.

Orfeo, Garsington Opera
Orpheus

Orpheus has became the emblem of the artist who rises above earthly worries and brings us closer to eternal truths.

Strong women
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
Wagner

Composer Richard Wagner, despite the controversies surrounding his life and political views, bestrides German opera like a colossus.

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