The Monkey King rules on our front cover this month, from the premiere of Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s new opera in San Francisco.
Features inside include:
A profile of Marie Jacquot, chief conductor of the Royal Danish Theatre, as she prepares to conduct Dialogues des Carmélites in Dresden, by Andrew Mellor
An introduction by Andrew Clark to The Great Wave, by the composer Dai Fujikura and librettist Harry Ross, before its premiere by Scottish Opera
The elusive art of the lighting designer illuminated by Anthony Freud in conversation with the designers Paule Constable, Fabrice Kebour and Duane Schuler
Malika Jumbe reflecting on the life and legacy of the composer Florence Price
The Colombian soprano Julieth Lozano Rolong coming through the Stage Door with a new recording, Alma: Ibero American Songs
Productions reviewed around the world include: The Monkey King in San Francisco, Ariodante at Covent Garden, Wozzeck in Beijing, The Fiery Angel in Bremen, Il campanello and Deux hommes et une femme in Bergamo, La sonnambula in Palermo, Elektra in Mexico City, Der Freischütz in Gothenburg, The Maid of Orleans in Amsterdam, Christmas Eve in Munich, Pelléas et Mélisande in Bergen, Dialogues des Carmélites in Dallas, Jenůfa in Montreal, The Haunted Manor in Gdańsk, Macbeth in Florence, Dorian Gray in Poznán, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle in Madrid