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November 2021 / People

Bernard Haitink, 1929-2021

The death of the great conductor Bernard Haitink on 21 October 2021 represented — in many different ways — the end of an era

February 2020 / People

Mirella Freni, 1935-2020

Stephen Hastings pays tribute to the great soprano

December 2019 / People

Barbara Hannigan

By Andrew Clements

July 2016 / People

Oleg Caetani

By Andrew Clark / Caetani returns to ENO to conduct Madam Butterfly this month

May 2016 / People

Zubin Mehta

Zubin Mehta talks to John Allison

April 2016 / People

Douglas Boyd – Working the magic

Garsington Opera’s Douglas Boyd talks to Fiona Maddocks

October 2015 / People

Kristīne Opolais

Opolais sings Margherita in Boito\’s ‘Mefistofele\’ in Munich this month

July 2015 / People

Jon Vickers, 1926-2015

Heather Harper and Rupert Christiansen

May 2015 / People

Michael Fabiano

Fabiano sings the title role in Glyndebourne’s ‘Poliuto’ this month (from May 2015)

March 2015 / People

Andrew Porter, 1928-2015

By Max Loppert

January 2015 / People

Camilla Tilling

By Hugh Canning

March 2014 / People

The Enigmatic Idealist

Andrew Clark looks back on the life of Claudio Abbado, who died at his home in Bologna on January 20 at the age of 80

February 2014 / People

Carmen Giannattasio

The soprano makes her Met debut this month as Leonora in ‘Il trovatore’

January 2014 / People

Dolora Zajick

The mezzo sings Ulrica this month in the Met’s new ‘Ballo in maschera’ / By Martin Bernheimer

March 2013 / People

Christian Thielemann

Thielemann conducts Parsifal at his first Salzburg Easter Festival in March

July 2012 / Articles, People

Ildar Abdrazakov

To be young, good-looking and the owner of a fabulous bass voice is a cruel twist of fate. Composers have rarely favoured low voices for their heroes and lovers.

July 2012 / People

Mariusz Kwiecien

One night in the mid 1990s, the regulars at Manhattan’s Caffé Taci—a restaurant featuring classical singing—were joined by a handsome young baritone who delivered a sterling account of Aleko’s aria…

February 2012 / People

Rita Gorr, 1926-2012

Rita Gorr, who died in the Spanish Costa Brava town of Denia (where for several years she had made her home) on January 22, less than a month before her 86th birthday…

September 2011 / People

Salvatore Licitra, 1968-2011

The early death (in Catania, on September 5) of Salvatore Licitra has robbed the opera world of one of the best-loved tenors of the post-Pavarotti generation.

April 2011 / People

Robert Tear, 1939-2011

One of Britain’s best-loved tenors—also a conductor, teacher, author and raconteur—Robert Tear died on March 29 after a brief illness, aged 72.

March 2011 / Articles, People

The Price of perfection

This issue was to have marked Dame Margaret Price’s 70th birthday, which she would have celebrated on April 13. Sadly, she died of a heart attack early on January 28 at home on Ceibwr Bay in Wales…

February 2011 / People

Sena Jurinac, 1921-2011

Born in Travnik in today’s Bosnia-Hercegovina on 24 October 1921 to a Yugoslavian father and Viennese mother, Sena (Srebrenka) Jurinac studied in Zagreb and was a pupil of Mila Kostrencic…

December 2010 / People

Shirley Verrett, 1931-2010

In 1968 RCA released ‘Shirley Verrett in Opera’, a mix of French and Italian repertoire, much of it unfamiliar and all of it gloriously sung. The disc opened with the heroic bravura aria of Gluck’s Orphée (in the version reworked by Berlioz for Viard

October 2010 / Articles, People

Marilyn Horne—tribute to Dame Joan Sutherland

Marilyn Horne’s tribute to Dame Joan Sutherland.

July 2009 / People

Edward Downes, 1924-2009

One of the best-loved and most important British conductors, Sir Edward Downes decided to die alongside his terminally ill wife Joan at the Dignitas clinic in Zurich on July 10.

April 2009 / People

Juan Diego Flórez

Juan Diego Flórez is profiled by George Hall

May 2008 / People

Danielle de Niese

By Hugh Canning

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People

Bernard Haitink, 1929-2021

Mirella Freni, 1935-2020

Barbara Hannigan

Oleg Caetani

Zubin Mehta

Douglas Boyd – Working the magic

Kristīne Opolais

Jon Vickers, 1926-2015

Michael Fabiano

Andrew Porter, 1928-2015

Camilla Tilling

The Enigmatic Idealist

Carmen Giannattasio

Dolora Zajick

Christian Thielemann

Ildar Abdrazakov

Mariusz Kwiecien

Rita Gorr, 1926-2012

Salvatore Licitra, 1968-2011

Robert Tear, 1939-2011

The Price of perfection

Sena Jurinac, 1921-2011

Shirley Verrett, 1931-2010

Marilyn Horne—tribute to Dame Joan Sutherland

Edward Downes, 1924-2009

Juan Diego Flórez

Danielle de Niese

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People

Bernard Haitink, 1929-2021

Mirella Freni, 1935-2020

Barbara Hannigan

Oleg Caetani

Zubin Mehta

Douglas Boyd – Working the magic

Kristīne Opolais

Jon Vickers, 1926-2015

Michael Fabiano

Andrew Porter, 1928-2015

Camilla Tilling

The Enigmatic Idealist

Carmen Giannattasio

Dolora Zajick

Christian Thielemann

Ildar Abdrazakov

Mariusz Kwiecien

Rita Gorr, 1926-2012

Salvatore Licitra, 1968-2011

Robert Tear, 1939-2011

The Price of perfection

Sena Jurinac, 1921-2011

Shirley Verrett, 1931-2010

Marilyn Horne—tribute to Dame Joan Sutherland

Edward Downes, 1924-2009

Juan Diego Flórez

Danielle de Niese

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