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Opera Road Trip (2025-2027) is OperaVision's two-year podcast series, a journey through the 17 countries that currently partner with OperaVision, discovering their operatic history and current relationship with the artform, and meeting along the way young talents finding their voice and seasoned professionals who have devoted their lives to the stage, discovering the diverse paths that have led them to opera and the enduring belief in its relevance, past, present, and future. Opera Road Trip is hosted by Sebastian F. Schwarz.
Before Opera Road Trip, OperaVision Next Generation podcast series (2022-2024) charted the journeys of singers on four competitive young artist programmes across Europe. From masterclasses and performances, to rehearsal rooms and dressing rooms, we hear the motivations, desires and the challenges they face - along with insight from experts on how they are nurturing the next generation of opera talent.
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Lithuania - From Vilnius to Chicago and Back
In this episode of Opera Road Trip, host Sebastian F. Schwarz travels to Lithuania, tracing an operatic history that reaches back to the court of the Grand Dukes in seventeenth-century Vilnius. From the first court operas and Ponchielli's I
Spain - A stage made for opera
Spain – A stage made for opera Why does Spain have such a complex relationship with opera, despite providing some of the genre's most familiar settings, characters and stories? How did Italian opera, Spanish court theatre and zarzuela devel
Summer Pause - Reflections from the road
A Summer Pause – Reflections from the Road There is no new destination this month. Instead, Sebastian F. Schwarz pauses to reflect on the first year of Opera Road Trip and on the many conversations that have taken us from Italy to Ukraine,
Czech Opera - From Mozart's Prague to Janáček and beyond
Opera Road Trip – Czech Opera | From Mozart's Prague to Janáček Why is Czech opera considered one of Europe's richest musical traditions? Why did Prague become Mozart's favourite operatic city? And how did Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák an
Belgium - Opera at Europe's crossroads
In this episode of OPERA Road Trip, host Sebastian F. Schwarz turns to Belgium—a country whose operatic culture emerged at the crossroads of Europe's great linguistic and political traditions. From the Habsburg courts of Brussels and the Fr
Opéra à la française
In this episode of OPERA Road Trip, host Sebastian F. Schwarz turns to France—one of the historic strongholds of the European operatic tradition—shaped by a dense network of public institutions, a strong culture of state support, and a long
'Remember me!' - Opera in the UK
In this episode of OPERA Road Trip, host Sebastian F. Schwarz turns to the United Kingdom, tracing a uniquely complex operatic landscape shaped as much by private initiative and tradition as by public institutions. From the courtly masques
Poland - Europe's fearless stage
Polish opera takes centre stage in this episode of Opera Road Trip. From Warsaw to Kraków, Gdańsk and Poznań, Sebastian F. Schwarz explores how Poland built one of Europe's most resilient and decentralised operatic ecosystems. Introduced at
Croatia - Opera beyond the postcard
In this episode of Opera Road Trip, host Sebastian F. Schwarz turns to Croatia as a revealing case study for the operatic realities of smaller European countries. Blessed with one of the most striking Mediterranean coastlines and internatio
Singing competitions - Has the jury reached a verdict?
In this episode of Opera Road Trip, host Sebastian Schwarz turns the spotlight from national operatic traditions to a crucial gateway for emerging artists: singing competitions. Against the backdrop of increasingly opaque casting processes,
Toast au champagne - Opera in Vienna
Opera Road Trip is Operavision's new two-year podcast series, a journey through the 17 countries that currently partner with OperaVision, discovering their operatic history and current relationship with the artform, and meeting along the wa
The Three Mezzos - Opera in Ireland
Opera Road Trip is Operavision's new two-year podcast series, a journey through the 17 countries that currently partner with OperaVision, discovering their operatic history and current relationship with the artform, and meeting along the wa
Slava Ukraini - Opera in Ukraine
Opera Road Trip's second episode is dedicated to opera in Ukraine. We hear from Anna Gadetzka, program direction of Open Opera Ukraine about creating alternatives to the state-run opera factories; from Vasyl Vovkun, director of the Lviv Nat
First stop: Italia
Opera Road Trip is Operavision's new two-year podcast series, a journey through the 17 countries that currently partner with OperaVision, discovering their operatic history and current relationship with the artform, and meeting along the wa
Oper Frankfurt: becoming an extraordinary artist
In the final episode of this Next Generation series, we ask two experts working at Oper Frankfurt to share their understanding of the challenges facing young artists entering a programme. From the shock of that first time on the main stage,
Rossini Opera Festival: walking a tightrope
This month, we're joined by young artists Chiara Boccabella and Francesco Leone in the run up to the Accademia Rossiniana Alberto Zedda this summer. They share thoughts on preparing for auditions (the key lies in character!), and how exactl
Palau de les Arts: looking to the future
This month, we are back with our emerging artists from Palau de les Arts in Valencia, where we discover how steady and slow is the key to vocal progression, how going beyond your comfort zone is necessary when hustling for work, and which k
Oper Frankfurt: survival tactics for young artists
This month, we're back at Oper Frankfurt following up with our four young artists, where juggling roles and dealing with vocal fatigue are part of life at the height of a busy season. Our singers share stories of setting boundaries, jugglin
Ailyn Perez in Paris – Opera for Peace
In an industry where self-doubt can be paralysing, Opera for Peace Ambassador and soprano Ailyn Perez shares her techniques for helping emerging artists to trust their voices, how to navigate away from the feeling of continually being judge
Opera goes green
With its extensive international travel, sets and costumes created for individual productions, many of which are then disposed of, opera does not have a reputation for being particularly green. However, companies and individuals are now mak
Beyond the binary
For many artists there are barriers that go much deeper than the gender binary, but how can we ensure people of every gender have real access and are genuinely welcomed in the opera world? Trailblazing American baritone Lucia Lucas reveals
Opera and race
'Classical opera has a racism problem' ran a headline in the New York Times in 2019, one of many articles in recent years to discuss the subject. Racism is high on the list of issues the opera world is looking to tackle, and in this episode
Misogyny in opera
'Is opera the most misogynistic art form?' asked Charlotte Higgins in The Guardian back in 2016, noting that the genre itself seems to devour women. In Classical Music Magazine in 2020, Becca Marriott argued that 'Sexism is preventing women
Final Bow for Yellow Face
Opera has long been accused of elitism, racism and misogyny, and over the course of the next few episodes we are looking at how voices in opera are calling for change to make it better for all our young artists. We begin by looking at the r
Opera for Peace: sharing with Sumi Jo
This month, OperaVision is back in Paris at Opera for Peace's second academy, with our expert the soprano Sumi Jo sharing her warm yet strict approach to working with emerging artists, and giving us tips on sustaining a long and healthy car
Palau de les Arts: Young Artists or Young Professionals?
OperaVision heads to the Palau de les Arts and their Centre de Perfeccionament in Valencia, where two of our young artists talk about the challenge of balancing outside opportunities with in-house commitments, the realisation that insecurit
Rossini Opera Festival: Is comparison always the thief of joy?
This month, OperaVision takes you along the Adriatic Coast to the Rossini Opera Festival's Accademia Rossiniana's 'Alberto Zedda' in Pesaro. Three young artists negotiate their way through the packed auditions, develop their Rossini style a
Oper Frankfurt: your best is enough
This month, OperaVision takes you from the Studio at Oper Frankfurt to backstage at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. Nombulelo Yende shares her hopes and fears about performing in front of experts and an international audience, while Clara
Opera for Peace - The Three Tenors
One of the leading tenors of his generation, Brian Jagde joins us after his Opera for Peace Masterclass in Paris. He opens up about vocal technique and mental health. Through his work with tenors Raúl Gutiérrez and Matteo Ivan Rašić, we hea
Rossini Opera Festival - Giving your soul to the public
This month, OperaVision is back with the Rossini Opera Festival's Accademia Rossiniana 'Alberto Zedda' where we hear about alumnus Stefan Astakov's opera journey and how he has learnt to let go of technique when performing in front of a jud
