Stuart Skelton interview

Will he or won’t he? Sydney’s opera lovers are waiting with bated breath on the arrival of star tenor Jonas Kaufmann who will sing a concert version of Parsifal with American mezzo-soprano Michelle de Young as Kundry for Opera Australia in August. Three years ago, Kaufmann gave two legendary recitals in Sydney which earned standing ovations…

The dreaded ‘C’ word. Not ‘Classical’, but ‘Crossover’.  The very name implies an abandonment of values, of stepping over to the dark side, of crossing the floor. Regarded by ‘classical’ followers as lightweight, and by ‘pop’ afficionados as a wolf in sheep’s clothing, ‘Crossover’ is like a bastard child, desperately wanting to belong whilst simultaneously trying to shape…

The New York Times reports that a new website, The Opera Platform, will begin free live streaming of opera from 15 of Europe’s most prestigious opera houses this weekend. The opera houses include the Royal Opera Covent Garden, the Berlin Komische Oper and those in Lyon, Turin and Madrid. This three-way collaboration between Opera Europa, which represents…