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EDITORIAL Making our voices heard YOUNG ARTIST OF THE MONTH Meeting Australian soprano Cassandra Wright - NEWS & NOTES The Royal Opera House announces a name change; The Royal Over-Seas League Competition has a winning singer for the first time in 10 years; Sonya Yoncheva announces an initiative with Plovdiv Opera to encourage young people to the opera and His Majesty the King celebrates Antonio Pappano at his farewell gala
REVIEWS - LIVE REVIEWS UK Glyndebourne Carmen and The Merry Widow (38) Fringe Roundup (4 0 ) EUROPE Oper Frankfurt Tannhäuser (44) Staatsoper Berlin Khovanshchina (45) Opera National de Paris Don Quichotte (46) ASIA New National Theatre Tokyo Tristan und Isolde (48) Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Così fan tutte (49) - RECORDINGS Our reviews coverage is more extensive than ever, as we assess new recordings by Golda Schultz, Nadine Sierra & Pretty Yende, Erin Morley and Covent Garden. New operas by John Adams, Louise Bertin and Paul Moravec are reviewed. Opera Now Choice: Oliver Leith’s opera Last Days on Platoon receives five stars
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- SPOTLIGHT Worldwide Opera Guide and answers to this issue’s Quiz (p60)
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Sonya Yoncheva & Domingo Hindoyan A husband-and-wife duo continuing to take the opera world by storm as they celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. They share insights into life as a musical couple and family life Missy Mazzoli Meeting the composer ahead of her opera’s US premiere in Philadelphia Jubilee: a new opera in Seattle We preview a new opera about the 19th-century Fisk Jubilee Singers – an African-American vocal ensemble from Nashville
On a role: Angel Blue Introducing a new feature, interviewing a singer about a role they’re taking on. This month begins with soprano Angel Blue, who sings Tosca at the Royal Opera Live reviews Our reviews look at the start to the summer opera season with Glyndebourne, the opera fringe roundup and productions in Germany, France and Japan Oliver Leith Q&A Meeting the composer as a recording of his opera Last Days is released on Platoon
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Mental health A new initiative is launched, looking at the mental health of opera singers, beginning with a soprano who has found healing through working as a gardener
Behind the scenes Glyndebourne’s Ann Rawdon Smith takes us through her role at the company
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