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We’re delighted to announce that all articles accepted for publication in Cambridge Opera Journal from 17 April 2024 will be ‘open access’; published with a Creative Commons licence and freely available to read online (see the journal’s Open Access Options page for available licence options). The costs of open access publication will be covered through agreements between the publisher and the author’s institution, payment of APCs for those with third-party fundings, or else waived entirely, ensuring every author can publish and enjoy the benefits of OA.  

Please see the journal's Open Access Options page for instructions on how to request an APC waiver. 

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Cambridge Opera Journal
  • ISSN: 0954-5867 (Print), 1474-0621 (Online)
  • Editors: Professor Sarah Hibberd Department of Music, University of Bristol, UK, and Professor Ellen Lockhart Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Editorial board
Containing lively and provocative essays, Cambridge Opera Journal has a well-established reputation for publishing first-rate scholarship on opera in all its manifestations. The Journal not only contains material on all aspects of the European canon, it has now widened its scope to publish high-quality essays on American opera and musical theatre, on non-Western music theatres, on contemporary works. Carefully researched and often illustrated with music examples and pictures, articles adopt a wide spectrum of critical approaches. As well as major articles, each issue generally includes reviews of recent publications of importance in the field.
Cambridge Opera Journal is a fully open access journal.

2025 - 2026 Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Dissertation Fellowship




Joshua Tolulope David has won an Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Dissertation Fellowship for his chapter, which is being published as a COJ article and will appear in Volume 37.1. Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Fellowships provide funding for the final year of PhD dissertation work and are awarded on the basis of academic merit. The fellowship support dissertation and predissertation research in musicology and related fields, and is a crucial part of the Society’s ongoing investment in the future of musicology. Read the article "Representation, Performative Exchange and Afropolitanism: Rethinking Opera Production in Nigeria through The Magic Flute" here.

Jacek Blaszkiewicz, ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award, 2023




Jacek Blaszkiewicz has won an ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award for his article published in Volume 34 Issue 2 of Cambridge Opera Journal. The awards are given annually to outstanding pieces of work, with Jacek Blaszkiewicz's piece winning the award for an article in the concert music field. Read the article "Verdi, Auber and the Aida-type" here.

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