Front cover Jul 09 – Volume 60 – No 7

Out now

JULY 2009

  • Juan Diego Flórez in profile
  • Terry Teachout on creating 'The Letter'
  • Opera on screen: soundings from Opera Europa's Barcelona forum
  • Reviews include ENO's new Peter Grimes; Scottish Opera's new Così fan tutte; Götterdämmerung at the Bridgewater Hall; Gothenburg's Katya Kabanova; Die Meistersinger at the Liceu; Mackerras's extracts from Julietta on CD; René Jacobs's Idomeneo

And don't miss

FESTIVALS 2009 Festivals 09

  • AVAILABLE NOW! With extensive listings and invaluable information on 2009 festivals in the UK and abroad
  • PLUS features on Glyndebourne at 75, Charles MacKay taking over at Santa Fe, the St Magnus Festival in Orkney, La Coruña's Mozart Festival,  and Kent Nagano in Munich. 

Next monthly issue - August 2009 - in stores from July 23

 

Articles

Critical condition

Brian Kellow mourns the disappearing art of writing about voices....Read more

Reviews

The Pearl: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in Catherine the Great’s Russia

Douglas Smith's book is a study of Praskovia Kovalyova, who has two claims on the attention of the modern reader. Firstly, she was a notable soprano who took part in many operatic performances in Russia in the 1780s and 1790s, to considerable acclaim. Se....Read more

Opera People

Peter Glossop, 1928-2008

Peter Glossop was one of the first British opera singers to receive high critical acclaim both at home and abroad, most famously for his powerfully characterized and idiomatic performances of Verdi roles in major European venues such as La Scala, Milan....Read more