Opera (with Opera News)
Archived since
February 1950
1,003 issues
Complete Archive
Monthly
Opera is the world’s leading magazine devoted to the operatic artform. Founded in 1950 it provides an extensive range of feature articles, interviews, listings and reviews – of live performances, books and recordings. Now incorporating the US publication Opera News, this range extends yet further, offering unrivalled worldwide coverage of events.
Access to this digital version and the opera archive is FREE with your print subscription!
Please visit www.opera.co.uk to subscribe to Opera magazine.
To access your free digital subscription with your print account/subscription code - Click here.
Please visit www.opera.co.uk to subscribe to Opera magazine.
To access your free digital subscription with your print account/subscription code - Click here.
Enjoy the world’s leading opera magazine anywhere in the world.
For a DIGITAL only subscription order below
Latest issue
- In addition to a 2026 Festivals Directory and Festivals Spotlight, with information about opera festivals around the world between May and October, this Festivals Preview issue includes:
- The Bavarian State Opera’s Intendant Serge Dorny in conversation with the editor about the Munich Opera Festival and his vision for it in the house’s wider season
- Bayreuth symposium: as the Wagner Festival marks its 150th anniversary, we invite luminaries from the Wagnerian world to share their vision for its future
- Will Crutchfield, the founding artistic and general director of Teatro Nuovo, celebrates 200 years of Italian opera in the United States
- Interview with Michael Egel, the artistic and general director of the innovative Des Moines Metro Opera
- Garsington Opera’s artistic director Douglas Boyd on his plans for the festival
- Profile of the tenor SeokJong Baek ahead of appearances at Covent Garden and in Munich
- The artist emerging through our Stage Door this month is the tenor Liam Bonthorne, who sings Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos at Glyndebourne
Subjects:
Want a taster of Opera (with Opera News)’s content? Sign up here to New Issue Notifications to receive email alerts each time a new issue is published, alongside its editorial highlights.
Quarterly (recurring) £16.99
Annual £64.99
Includes web, iOS and Android access via Exact Editions apps.
Full refund within 30 days if you're not completely satisfied.
Please note: you are buying an online subscription - we don’t send printed copies through the post and access to this content is only granted throughout the subscription lifetime.
- First Issue: February 1950
- Latest Issue: May 2026 - Festivals Preview
- Issue Count: 1,003
- Published: Monthly
- ISSN: 2059-6707
“Wow, I just accessed the whole archive and it is really amazing! What a job you’ve done! Fantastic“ - L.F
"This is absolutely fabulous. Thank you so much" - L.B
"This is absolutely fabulous. Thank you so much" - L.B
That looks great! Thank you so much for putting this online for us. I have always been amazed that Opera had such a good (paper) index every year (and I used it often). - M.G
