Kristina Mkhitaryan

Dear Kristina, thank you for accepting our invitation. It is an honor for me to do this interview with you. In January, you will be performing at the Teatro Real in Madrid as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin. Tatiana is one of the most complex female characters in the operatic repertoire. How do you manage to […]
Angelo Villari

Dear Angelo, I am delighted that you have accepted to become part of the OPERA Charm Magazine family. It is a pleasure to talk to you. The last months of 2024 for you can be described in two words – Andrea Chenier. You made your debut in October 2024 at Teatro Verdi Pisa. How would […]
Teresa Iervolino
Dear Teresa, it’s a pleasure to have you back and have this conversation after almost two years. You have a very diverse repertoire for the upcoming season, from Rossini’s Stabat Mater to Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia and Handel’s Alcina and Giulio Cesare. How do you prepare differently for each of these roles? I don’t think I […]
The Dazzling World of Nino Machaidze
2024 in Review & What’s Next. Nino, as we wrap up 2024, it’s been an incredible year for opera. Can you share some highlights from your season? What were the moments that stood out for you, and how is 2025 shaping up in terms of projects and performances? 2024 has been an exciting and challenging […]
Julie Roset & Stephano Park
Dear Julie & Stephano, congratulations again, and thank you for accepting our invitation. You are both winners of the First Prize in Domingo’s Operalia Competition. What thoughts and expectations did you have before the contest, and which of them proved revelatory? Julie Roset: I went into the contest to invite people to hear me in […]
Giorgio Misseri
First of all, thank you for having accepted our invitation to do this interview! You are known as a representative of the belcanto repertoire, especially Rossini and Donizetti. Was your ability of approaching the heights of the lyrical tenor a rather “innate” ability or did you work your way into it, finding your path towards […]
John Fiore
Dear M° Fiore, thank you for having accepted our invitation! I was thrilled to see you on the podium of the Deutsche Oper Berlin last month, conducting Turandot, but also jumping in to replace the Musical Director of the theatre, M° Donald Runnicles, for Puccini’s Il Trittico, only a few days before the premiere. Congratulations once […]
Violeta Urmana
Dear Ms. Urmana, thank you for having accepted our invitation. It’s such a pleasure to have this conversation with you. This month, you perform Herodias in Richard Strauss’s Salome at Staatsoper Hamburg in a production signed by Dmitri Tcherniakov. This is your stage debut, as you made your debut last year in Madrid in a […]
Diana Skavronskaya
Dear Diana, it’s a pleasure to have this conversation with you. To introduce you to our readers, let’s start from the beginning… Everyone has a story about the first impression we had on opera. What’s your story? Who guided your first steps on this path? Hello, and thank you so much for having me here! That’s […]
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
Dear Ildebrando, it’s a pleasure to have you interviewed! Thank you for having accepted our invitation. My questions find you right after your Attila at Opéra de Marseille alongside Juan Jesús Rodriguez (Ezio), Csilla Boross (Odabella), Antonio Poli (Foresto), and under the direction of M° Paolo Arrivabeni, am I right? What can you tell us about your Attila? […]