Our latest release, The Seal-Woman by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser and Granville Bantock, is now available to be streamed! Find it on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/album/0H9Qt…

We receive some fantastic mentions in the 'Bronze Ceiling' podcast on sites of feminist memory in the UK. Listen to Episode 2 about the @DameEthelSmyth statue (which features an interview with our own @Dr_Chris_Wiley) on our recordings of Smyth's operas. open.spotify.com/show/5NvXPs…

The team at Retrospect Opera is very saddened to learn of the passing of Dame Felicity Lott. She was incredibly supportive of our endeavours from the outset. It was an education and a great privilege to work with her as reciter for our recording of Lehmann's The Happy Prince.

This year we released our recording of Kennedy-Fraser & Bantock's The Seal-Woman, available here: retrospectopera.org.uk/shop/ Find out more about Kennedy-Fraser (pictured) and her opera from this recently published article by @Dr_Chris_Wiley (see pp. 3-11): iawm.org/wp-content/uploads/…

The team at @RetrospectOpera wish all those interested in British opera a Merry Christmas! 2025 has been very busy and we have exciting things to announce in the New Year - watch this space! Don't forget, our CDs make great stocking-fillers - see retrospectopera.org.uk/shop/.

'Retrospect's CD issue, recorded clearly in Glasgow's Scottish Opera Production Studios, offers winning advocacy. [...] the company has excelled itself by providing a lavishly illustrated booklet for The Seal-Woman' - Christopher Webber, Opera magazine, November 2025

Editor's Choice - October 2025 Review of Kennedy-Fraser and Bantock's The Seal-Woman (Retrospect Opera, 2025) in @LimelightArtsAu, 8 September 2025, by Clive Paget: limelight-arts.com.au/review…

Congratulations to our former Trustee Andy King on the Keynote at the International Society for the Study of Egyptomania conference this weekend. issegyptomania.com/ Find out more about The Seal-Woman: retrospectopera.org.uk/produ… And The Happy Prince: retrospectopera.org.uk/produ…

'it has been admirably served by Retrospect Opera with this first complete recording ... heroic efforts behind this undertaking - and the superlative performances by all concerned' - Review of Kennedy-Fraser and Bantock's The Seal-Woman by Geraint Lewis, Gramophone

#OTD in 1925, @DameEthelSmyth's Entente Cordiale was premiered at the Royal College of Music, London. To commemorate this centenary, our own @Dr_Chris_Wiley has written an article for @operamagazine. #EthelSmyth To donate to our upcoming recording: retrospectopera.org.uk/enten…