Britten: Albert Herring – Dan D’Souza, Caspar Singh – ENO 2025 (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Britten: Albert Herring; Caspar Singh, Emma Bell, Carolyn Dobbin, Aoife Miskelly, Eddie Wade, Mark Le Brocq, Andri Björn Róbertsson, Dan D’Souza, […]
Having re-worked Vaughan Williams’ Riders to the Sea earlier this year [see composer Michael Betteridge’s article], Southampton-based OperaUpClose has announced that its next project will be a reimagined version of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. Gianni Schicchi (or Where […]
Malcolm Arnold This year the Malcolm Arnold Festival in Northampton celebrates the 20th festival and on 18 and 19 October 2025, there will be performances of all 20 of Arnold’s concerts that feature a solo […]
Giulia Frasi who sang the three soprano roles in the premiere of Handel’s Solomon Handel: Solomon; Helen Charlston, Nardus Williams, Hugo Hymas, Florian Störtz, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Choir of the Enlightenment, John […]
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 Eroica – New World Symphony, Stéphane Denève – New World Center (Photo: Alex Markow) James Lee III: Chuphshah! Harriet’s Drive to Canaan (2011), Copland: Lincoln Portrait (1942), Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 […]
Lauren Lodge Campbell, Patrick Ayrton & ensemble recording Astrophil & Stella for VOCES8 Records The more literary-minded amongst you may recall that Astrophil & Stella is the name of a sonnet sequence by the Elizabethan […]
Thorvaldsdottir, Ligeti, John Luther Adams BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Barbican Hall, 8.10.2025 Thovaldsdottir ANCORA (2022) Ligeti Atmosphères (1961) John Luther Adams Become Ocean (2013) An extraordinary concert, but perhaps not in the way one might immediately think: to have three woks that rely mainly on texture is certainly out of the (ie, ‘extra’) […]
Since 2024, when Jaap van Zweden ended his tenure as music director, the New York Philharmonic has been in a transitional period and will remain so until 2026, when Gustavo Dudamel assumes the directorship. With […]
%202025%20©%20Mark%20Douet.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Engagingly modern: Rossini's Cinderella at ENO is given a modern updating by Julia Burbach with winning performances from Deepa Johnny & Aaron Godfrey-Mayes")
Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella) – Deepa Johnny, Charles Rice – English National Opera (Photo: Mark Douet) Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella); Deepa Johnny, Aaron Godfrey-Mayes, Charles Rice, Simon Bailey, David Ireland, Isabelle Peters, Grace Durham, director: […]
YO-YO MA & FRIENDS SHARE A COLLECTION OF NEW RECORDINGS INSPIRED BY THE OUR COMMON NATURE’ PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW FROM SONY CLASSICAL It was only recently we explored Yo-Yo Ma’s latest Trio release (with Kavakos […]
