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Classical Music Reviews
London Opera Company returns to Smith Square with full-scale performance of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde
Wagner’s Die Walküre – The London Opera Company at Smith Square Hall in 2023 Following sold out performances of Götterdammerung, Die Walküre [see my review] and Siegfried [see Tony’s review], the London Opera Company is […]
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OutLoud! a new company amplifying queer stories launches with fun, campy production of Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel
Mae Heydorn as the Witch (Photo: Julian Guidera) A new opera company is presenting its inaugural production at the Cockpit in Marylebone next month. OutLoud! is performing Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel on Saturday 17 […]
Fogli d’album: Anna Bonitatibus & Adele d’Aronzo explore the barely tapped wealth of Rossini’s occasional pieces
Rossini – Fogli d’album; Anna Bonitatibus, Adele d’Aronzo; Prospero Reviewed 22 September 2026 Rossini’s occasional pieces, each dedicated to a friend and patron, brought together in a wonderfully fulfilling recital that wears its learning lightly Rossini’s Guillaume […]
Elgar from the Archives, Volume 3: The Kingdom
The third volume in the series Elgar from the Archives from SOMM Recordings includes two historic recordings conducted by Sir Adrian Boult: the oratorio The Kingdom, Op. 51 and the ever-popular Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma,’ Op. 36. These variations form an […]
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 […]
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