Giacomo Puccini is regarded as the greatest Italian composer of the generation after Giuseppe Verdi.
Patrick Redmond / Irish National Opera
Mezzo-sopranos
Mezzo-soprano, or ‘half-soprano’ is the female voice that stands between the soprano and the contralto.
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.
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’.
Fabrizio Sansoni, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Sopranos
Soprano is the highest operatic voice and the most common in the female range.
Craig Fuller
Orpheus
Orpheus has became the emblem of the artist who rises above earthly worries and brings us closer to eternal truths.
Oper Frankfurt
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!
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.
Mozart
A man of the Enlightenment, Mozart is not a political animal; he has a sharp eye on the world around him.
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.
Annemie Augustijns / Grand Théâtre de Genève
Costume workshop
Diverse and dramatic, opera costumes are the first thing to appear in the spotlight, even before the performer has sung a note.
Wagner
Composer Richard Wagner, despite the controversies surrounding his life and political views, bestrides German opera like a colossus.
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.