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Issue 62 January 2016
 Dear opera-lover
 
Welcome to our January issue.
 
Shortly after we went to press, the sad news came of the death of our dear friend and former editor, Rodney Milnes. Tributes will follow in the February issue.
 
As rumours gather of drastic cuts at English National Opera, the Editor expresses his profound concerns for the future of the company and the crucial role played by the chorus and orchestra in making it exactly that - a company.
 
Russ McDonald celebrates Shakespeare 400 and the playwright's fertile operatic afterlife.
 
WNO performs Elena Langer's new opera, Figaro Gets a Divorce  (February to April), conducted by Justin Brown, who is the subject of this month's profile.
 
Maria Callas's astonishing versatility and chameleon-like qualities are celebrated by Stephen Hastings.
 
New productions reviewed include The Haunted Manor in Warsaw; The Force of Destiny at ENO; Morgen und Abend at the Royal Opera; Koanga, Le Pré aux clercs and Guglielmo Ratcliff at Wexford; Wozzeck in Chicago, Götterdämmerung in Beijing, Moses und Aron in Paris and Lulu at the Met.
 
Our disc of the month is Partenope, with Il Pomo d'Oro and a cast including Karina Gauvin, Ermöke Baráth, Philippe Jaroussky and John Mark Ainsley, conducted by Riccardo Minasi.
 
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With best wishes,
Opera Magazine  

Norwood invites you to attend the Opera Recital and Dinner
Venera Gimadieva, leading soprano at the Bolshoi, will give a private recital at a charity dinner at the Mansion House, London, on 2 February.  Individual Tickets £200 and are available here.  
For reservations please contact:
Eleanor Bunt 020 8420 6832
January Spotlight

15       Sydney, Opera House. Ekaterina Siurina, Pavol Breslik and José Carbó lead Michael Gow's new production of Les Pêcheurs de perles, c. Guillaume Tourniaire
 
16       Warsaw, Teatr Wielki. Ivo van Hove directs a new La clemenza di Tito, with Robert Workman, Ewa Vesin and Anna Bonitatibus, c. Wojciech Rajski
 
19       Leeds, Grand Theatre. Rafael Rojas, Annemarie Kremer and Robert Hayward lead the cast in Annabel Arden's new production of Andrea Chénier for Opera North, c. Olivier von Dohnányi
 
20       Nice, Opéra. Roland Böer conducts a new Death in Venice, p. Hermann Schneider, with Hans Schöpflin,  Davide Damiani and James Laing
 
21       Monte-Carlo, Salle Garnier. Eva-Maria Westbroek sings the title role in a new La Wally, c. Maurizio Benini, p. Cesare Lievi
 
22       Copenhagen, Opera House. Nicola Raab directs a new Lohengrin, with Burkhard Fritz, Anne Margrethe Dahl, Randi Stene and Thomas Jesatko, c. Alexander Vedernikov
 
22       Venice, La Fenice. Stefano Secco, Julianna Di Giacomo and Dimitri Platanias lead a new production of Stiffelio,   c . Daniele Rustioni, p . Johannes Weigand
 
23       Bologna, Teatro Comunale. Ildebrando D'Arcangelo sings the title role in a new Attila, c. Michele Mariotti,  p . Daniele Abbado
 
23       Glasgow, Theatre Royal. Premiere of The Devil Inside, by Stuart MacRae and Louise Walsh, c. Michael Rafferty, p. Matthew Richardson
 
24       Berlin, Deutsche Oper. Claus Guth directs a new Salome, with Catherine Naglestad, Michael Volle, Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet and Burkhard Ulrich, c. Alain Altinoglu
 
24       Bordeaux, Grand-Théâtre. Paul Daniel conducts a new Simon Boccanegra, p. Catherine Marnas, with
Tassis Christoyannis and Rena Harms
 
30       Sarasota, Opera House. The Verdi Cycle Grand Finale Season opens with Michelle Johnson in Aida,
 c. Victor DeRenzi, p. Stephanie Sundine
 
31       Berlin, Komische Oper. Barrie Kosky directs a new Yevgeny Onegin, with Günter Papendell, Asmik Grigorian and Ales Briscein
 
31       Munich, Staatsoper. Kirill Petrenko conducts the premiere of Miroslav Srnka's South Pole, with Rolando Villazón and Thomas Hampson, p. Hans Neuenfels




Next Month
  • Tributes to Rodney Milnes
  • 1816 and all that: the bicentenary of Il barbiere di Siviglia
  • Lothar Koenigs in profile as he concludes his WNO music directorship
  • Weep, shudder, die: Bellini, Norma and their admirers

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