Opera is in crisis, yet summer opera is thriving
The auditorium at Grange Park Opera
Grange Park Opera
Because while the Arts Council holds the subsidised sector in a chokehold, strangling creativity in the name of relevance and accessibility (defined in such narrow and self-destructive terms as to stifle the very thing it claims to support), the commercial sector is giving the audience what it wants
With so many options to choose from, where do you start? Here’s our guide to the companies hitting the high notes this summer.
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