News & features
Feature
From pandemics to puritans
22 Apr 2020As theatre faces a shutdown unprecedented in modern times, Nick Clark and Nick Smurthwaite talk to historians and delve into the archives to find out when the industry went dark before.
Feature
Recreating Lidia’s Lasagne
22 Apr 2020General Director, Michael Volpe, has been busy in the kitchen, making fresh pasta and recording his mother’s recipe for lasagne for you to try at home.
Feature
Lockdown playlist
22 Apr 2020From Audible to SoundCloud, Spotify to Youtube, BBC Sounds to OperaVision, the team share their favourite re-cordings and new discoveries.
News
Survivors
21 Apr 2020In Autumn 2019, Inspire worked with Solace Women’s Aid to bring opera to one of their refuges, providing much needed shelter to women escaping from domestic violence. We interviewed one of the singers working on the project to gain her thoughts on the experience.
Video
Yvonne Howard sings ‘Esser madre è un inferno’ from L’arlesiana
20 Apr 2020Let mezzo soprano Yvonne Howard transport you with this beautiful rendition of 'Esser madre è un inferno', the iconic aria from Cilea's L'arlesiana, performed at our Gala Dinner last year.
Feature
Podcast: In conversation with Natalya Romaniw and David Butt Philip
16 Apr 2020Listen to the latest episode of From the Producer's Office featuring two of the greatest singers of their generation, soprano Natalya Romaniw and tenor David Butt Philip.
