%20&%20Samantha%20Price%20(Dido)%20-%20credit%20Richard%20Hubert%20Smith.jpg?w=670&resize=670,446&ssl=1 "Less is more: Elena Langer's Ariadne & Purcell's Dido hit home in finely abstract productions, a real ensemble achievement from English Touring Opera")
%20Richard%20Hubert%20Smith.jpg?w=670&resize=670,446&ssl=1 "Modernising Gluck: English Touring Opera's new production of Orpheus and Eurydice puts a distinctly contemporary spin on the work")
Classical Music Reviews
%20&%20Samantha%20Price%20(Dido)%20-%20credit%20Richard%20Hubert%20Smith.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Less is more: Elena Langer's Ariadne & Purcell's Dido hit home in finely abstract productions, a real ensemble achievement from English Touring Opera")
Less is more: Elena Langer’s Ariadne & Purcell’s Dido hit home in finely abstract productions, a real ensemble achievement from English Touring Opera
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas – Michael Lafferty, Samantha Price – English Touring Opera [Photo: Richard Hubert Smith] Elena Langer: Ariadne; Jessica Cale, Kieron-Connor Valentine, director: Anna MorrisseyPurcell: Dido & Aeneas; Samantha Price, Michael Lafferty, ISabelle […]
As JW3’s classical music series returns for its 4th year, I chat to artistic director David Waterman
JW3 JW3, also known as Jewish Community Centre London, is an arts, culture and entertainment venue, an educational facility and a social and community hub in north London. It is located at 341–351 Finchley Road, […]
%20Richard%20Hubert%20Smith.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Modernising Gluck: English Touring Opera's new production of Orpheus and Eurydice puts a distinctly contemporary spin on the work")
Modernising Gluck: English Touring Opera’s new production of Orpheus and Eurydice puts a distinctly contemporary spin on the work
Gluck: Orpheus & Eurydice (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) – Louis T Partridge & Angus Bartlett – English Touring Opera [Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith] Gluck/Leo Grant: Orpheus and Eurydice; William Morgan, Galina Averina, Rosie […]
Share the Stage: Massed forces from the North-East join Dinis Sousa & Royal Northern Sinfonia at The Glasshouse in Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius
Dinis Sousa conducts Royal Northern Sinfonia & massed forces from the North-East in Tippett’s A Child of our Time as part of The Glasshouse’s Share the Stage in 2024 On Sunday 8 November 2026 at The Glasshouse […]
Classical Music News
Last Night of the Proms 2026: Sheridan Smith, Beverley Knight and Ward Thomas join the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and the BBC Singers in a tribute to Dolly Parton
Last Night of the Proms takes place at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 12 September, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds and in two parts on live TV: Part 1 on […]
AVIE maps an American pulse before an autumn of contrasts
NEWS • 7 August 2026 • Source: AVIE Records AVIE Records has opened its late-summer schedule with Rhythm Nation, a new album from New York’s PUBLIQuartet that treats rhythm as a meeting place rather than a boundary. Contemporary commissions […]
LSO Associate Artists reshape the concert format this autumn
NEWS • 4 August 2026 • Source: Baxter PR / London Symphony Orchestra Three autumn projects from London Symphony Orchestra collaborators will bring choral theatre, multidisciplinary performance and orchestral jazz to LSO St Luke’s and the Barbican. Tangram and […]
£200,000 Wolfson grant advances Smith Square restoration
NEWS • 3 August 2026 • Source: Sinfonia Smith Square Sinfonia Smith Square has secured a £200,000 grant from the Wolfson Foundation for the restoration of its Grade I listed Westminster home. The award supports Doors Open: Transforming Lives […]
%20&%20Samantha%20Price%20(Dido)%20-%20credit%20Richard%20Hubert%20Smith.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Less is more: Elena Langer's Ariadne & Purcell's Dido hit home in finely abstract productions, a real ensemble achievement from English Touring Opera")
%20Richard%20Hubert%20Smith.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Modernising Gluck: English Touring Opera's new production of Orpheus and Eurydice puts a distinctly contemporary spin on the work")
