Classical Music Reviews
Continuing where Handel left off: Opera Settecento’s completion of Handel’s Titus L’Empereur at London Handel Festival was a terrific showcase for some of the composer’s lesser-known arias
Handel/Renioult/Duarte: Titus l’Empereur; Steffen Jespersen, Rachel Redmond, Chiara Hendrick, Hugo Hymas, Lucija Vaarsic, Edward Grint, Francis Gush, Opera Settecento, Leo Duarte; London Handel Festival at St George’s Church, Hanover SquareReviewed 5 March 2026 Handel’s tantalising unfinished, […]
1851: Schumann & Moscheles Sonatas from Steven Isserlis & Connie Shih
Released on 30 January 2026, Hyperion’s beautiful new recording is inspired by a single year, 1851, concentrating on two major chamber works: 1851 is the year he piano make Érard won an award at the Great Exhibition […]
The Britten/Piper outlier: Owen Wingrave at Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Owen Wingrave Music: Benjamin Britten Libretto: Myfanwy Piper, adapted from a story by Henry James Cast and Production Staff: Owen Wingave – Redmond Sanders; General Sir Philip – Adrian Thompson; Miss Wingrave – Avery Lafrentz; […]
Applications open for The Cumnock Tryst’s 2nd International Summer School for Composers with Sir James MacMillan & Brett Dean
Dumfries House where The Cumnock Tryst’s 2nd International Summer School for Composers takes place The Cumnock Tryst’s 2nd International Summer School for Composers will run from 22 to 28 August 2026 at Dumfries House. The […]
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 […]
