Kiri Te Kanawa

Theatre and film director Sir Nicholas Hytner talks to John Wilson about his formative cultural influences. Over a career spanning four decades, he has directed Shakespeare, contemporary drama and musicals, including Miss Saigon which ran for over a decade in London and on Broadw ...  Show more

One of the world’s greatest living pianists, Mitsuko Uchida, talks to John Wilson about her cultural influences and her career in music. Born in Japan, and a British citizen for over 25 years, she is renowned for her interpretations of work by Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven, and ...  Show more

The mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly has sung at the most prestigious venues around the world, including the Royal Opera House, London and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, as well as Glyndebourne, Vienna and Bayreuth. In 2009 she was a soloist at the Last Night of the BBC Pro ...  Show more

She is one of the most brilliant opera singers of her generation. She mastered the Bel Canto before being dubbed a diva after she sang Rossini. In a new episode of the 3.55 podcast CHANEL at the Opera, the South-African opera ...

Lyric soprano Danielle de Niese was a star performer at Last Night of the Proms 2015. It was another milestone in this Australian-born American star's glittering career. Growing up, Danielle won various talent and television competitions and debuted at New York's prestigious Metr ...  Show more

Elle est l’une des sopranos les plus réputées au monde. Elle a excelle dans le Bel Canto avant d’accéder au rang de Diva grâce à Rossini. Dans un nouvel épisode du podcast 3.55 CHANEL à l’Opéra, la cantatrice sud-africaine Pretty Yende discute avec ...