Classical Music Reviews
A new Eugene Onegin, Orpheus returns, a second chance for Dead Man Walking: Opera North announces an imaginative new season for 2026/27
Verdi: Rigoletto – Sir Willard White, Callum Thorpe, Eric Greene, Roman Arndt, Themba Mvula – Opera North 2022 (Photo Clive Barda) Opera North has announced its 2026/2027 season which is a canny mix of the […]
Les Pleurs d’Orphée: The Music of Louis Coupein
Les Pleurs d’Orphée: L. Couperin, Rossi, Moulinié. Jean Rondeau (harpsichord); Ricercar Consort. Wigmore Hall, 11.03.2026 Louis Couperin Prélude in A minor. Suites: in D (including Rossi’s Fantaisie, ‘Les Pleurs d’Orphée’); in F; in A; in […]
Letter from Florida: Lisette Oropesa delivers fireworks at Palm Beach Opera’s 2026 Gala
Lisette Oropesa & members of Palm Beach Opera – Palm Beach Opera 2026 Gala Palm Beach Opera 2026 Gala; Lisette Oropesa, Micheal Borowitz; Mediterranean Ballroom, The Breakers (1896, Palm Beach Inn), Palm Beach, FloridaReviewed by Robert […]
Divine Impresario – Nicolini on Stage: countertenor Randall Scotting explores the musical world of the first major castrato to sing in London
Divine Impresario: Nicolini on Stage: Broschi, Gasparini, Handel, Porpora, Mancini, Ariosto, Giaj; Randall Scotting, Mary Bevan, Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings; Signum ClassicsReviewed 3 March 2026 The first major castrato to sing in London […]
Classical Music News
ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA’S JENNY MOLLICA APPOINTED TO LEAD THE ROUNDHOUSE
The announcement was made today that Jenny Mollica, Chief Executive of English National Opera (ENO), has been appointed the new CEO of the Roundhouse. She will step down from her current role in summer 2026. […]
ENO LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL SEARCH FOR NEXT MACKERRAS FELLOW AS PART OF CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
English National Opera (ENO) today celebrates the centenary of the birth of Sir Charles Mackerras by opening applications for the next ENO Mackerras Fellowship – the first to take place under the company’s new Music […]
Houston Grand Opera Nominated for 2026 GRAMMY Award for Intelligence
Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s company-commissioned 2023 world premiere opera receives nomination for Best Opera RecordingAlbum represents first release from the new Houston Grand Opera label, created with London Symphony Orchestra’s label LSO Live HOUSTON—November 7, […]
Just in: Berlin Philharmonic blasts the Belgians
Statement by the board of the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation on the withdrawal of the invitation from the Flanders Festival Ghent to Lahav Shani, Lisa Batiashvili and the Munich Philharmonic “It was with great dismay and incomprehension […]
