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Opera Now. December 2015. 

With a voice described as “youthful, luminous and direct”, French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky talks to Opera Now about the secrets of his growing success; we meet the British companies leading the way in staging new work for young performers; and conductor René Jacobs discusses his fresh approach to recording Mozart’s operas. Plus, this season’s most inviting and adventurous operatic outpourings from the Renaissance and Baroque; the European Network of Opera Academies provides a platform for young opera professionals; Independent Opera marks its 10th anniversary with a provocative UK premiere; Helikon Opera returns to its redeveloped home in a characterful mansion near the Kremlin; the National Opera Studio’s Emily Gottlieb on training the next generation of top talent; Michael White wonders why opera singers can’t act; psychological complexity in Verdi’s Don Carlo; and your chance to WIN Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s new solo album Wait For Me