What to see at this year’s Copenhagen Opera Festival – from a world-class Danish baritone

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Masterclass concert at Copenhagen Opera Festival 2023. Photo: Victoria Morck Madsen

Jesper Skeel and Lena Hunter

Aug 9, 2024

At the end of August, the Danish capital will resound with arias as world-class artists perform all over the city – on streets, canal banks, stages, in halls and homes – for the nine-day Copenhagen Opera Festival.Each year, the festival takes a playful approach to showing classic and contemporary opera to new audiences. Performances are […]

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