June 2026
Our cover this month celebrates — for readers in the northern hemisphere — midsummer, with a carpet of flowers courtesy of Covent Garden’s new production of Siegfried, and Elisabet Strid as Brünnhilde.
Washington National Opera has announced its programme for 2026-7, its first full season as an independent company following its departure from the Kennedy Center, and taking in venues throughout the greater-Washington, D.C. region.
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RIP Flott. The great soprano Felicity Lott has died at the age of 79.
'In peace I have found my image, I have found myself'... Benjamin Britten's television opera Owen Wingrave was premiered on @BBCTwo #OTD in 1971.
A good day for popular tenors: Richard Tauber was born in 1891 #OTD, which is also the birthday of his younger (by 11 years) colleague Jan Kiepura.
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