‘Opera needs to attract good writers and tell better stories’: four experts on how opera can survive, thrive and reach new audiences

By Jen Harvie, Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance, Queen Mary University of London
Edward Venn, Professor of Music, University of Leeds
Jennifer Daniel, Senior Lecturer in Musical Theatre, Edge Hill University
Kiera Vaclavik, Professor of Children's Literature & Childhood Culture, Queen Mary University of London

Is opera dying? Do people care? What does it need to survive? Where will new audiences come from? Our experts assess the state of opera in the UK.

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