Bangkok-based opera director S.P. Somtow on why the genre's future may lie far from where it began: "Opera is going to survive no matter what anyone says." ...
Is opera dying? Do people care? What does it need to survive? Where will new audiences come from? Our experts assess the state of opera in the UK.
If you want to see an outdoor opera, don’t go looking in New York City or San Francisco. You won’t find much this winter. That’s where Opera Naples comes in, says executive director Melanie Kalnins.