Classical Music Reviews
Six new operas about Brummies past and present: Birmingham Opera Company invites you to RE-WIRE your mind
The lives of Brummies, the lives of lost venues – the lives we live online, the lives we lived in the past. Birmingham Opera Company’s latest project, RE-WIRE brings together six short contemporary operas in one production […]
A delightful jeu d’esprit: a strong cast has great fun with Peter Tranchell’s 1950s operetta Twice a Kiss
Peter Tranchell (Courtesy: Independent Society of Musicians) Peter Tranchell: Tu es Petrus in fuga, Seven Pieces in Alphabetical Order, The Dog That Sat, No more of THEE and ME, Twice a Kiss, Maho Ishizaka: Tickle […]
The piece that made me fall in love with song: mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston on Schumann’s Dichterliebe & recording the songs that make her want to get up in the morning
Helen Charlston (Photo: Julien Gazeau) On 8 May, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston has a new solo disc out on BIS. It is something of a contrast with her two previous recital discs one of which focused […]
The Chosen One: Leipzig’s Got Talent!
Graupner Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, GWV 113/23b Rolle Lukas-Passion: Es wurden aber auch; Verdammliche Bosheit. Kauffmann O ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen? Telemann Ich muß auf dem Bergen weinen und heulen, TWV […]
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 […]
