Watch: Antonio Pappano explores the music of Il tabarro and Suor Angelica
28 January 2016
The Music Director of the Royal Opera digs deeper into the scores of two of the three operas that make up Il trittico.
Explore Royal Opera House productions with pre-performance talks
27 January 2016
You don't need a performance ticket to attend a pre-show talk, meaning that exploring productions is even easier than before.
Watch: Ermonela Jaho on returning to Suor Angelica — 'I sing with a different perception now – I’m more dramatic'
7 January 2016
The Albanian soprano stars in the second opera of Puccini’s trio of one-acters, Il trittico.
Remembrance of things past: Nostalgia in opera
14 December 2015
Opera is one of many art forms that loves to dwell on what might have been.
Holding up a mirror: How opera composers reflect community and society
19 November 2015
Composers have long experimented with different ways of giving a sense of community, often using the chorus to highly dramatic effect.
Some things are better left unsung: Why composers use speech in opera
2 November 2015
Composers have long explored the gamut of vocal expression from a whisper to a scream.
Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream: Rethinking opera's approach to death
29 October 2015
Death finds an entirely new expression in Georg Friedrich Haas’s new opera Morgen und Abend.
Puccini unpacked: A guide to one of the most-loved operatic composers
4 June 2015
The Italian composer created some of opera’s most enchanting romances.
Watch: Nicola Luisotti on Puccini – ‘You can learn more from one of Puccini’s scores than from books’
27 May 2015
The conductor discusses the composer’s deceptive genius, and how best to approach his operas.
Recommended recordings: May 2015
1 May 2015
This month the focus falls on our favourite DVD and CD recordings featuring Antonio Pappano, Music Director of The Royal Opera.