St Patrick’s Cathedral, New York (Photo from the Live Stream) A Facebook contact very kindly alerted me to the fact that the 10:15am Solemn Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York on Sunday 15 […]
Auguste Ottin Polyphemus Surprising Acis and Galatea 1852-63, Luxembourg Gardens Handel: Acis and Galatea (1718), Ode for St Cecilia; Carolyn Sampson, Laurence Kilsby, William Thomas, Jonathan Hanley, Archie Inns, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh; London Handel Festival […]
Elisabetta da Gamberini Handel, Elisabetta de Gambarini, Geminiani, Carlo Tessarini; Mhairi Lawson, Academy of Ancient Music led by Bojan Čičić; Milton Court Concert HallReviewed by Tony Cooper, 12 March 2026 The Academy of Ancient Music […]
Gambarini: English Impesaria Mhairi Lawson (soprano); Academy of Ancient Music . Bojan Čičić (violin/director). Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 12.03.2026 Handel Judas Maccabeus,HWV 63 (1746): Overture; Pious Orgies; Come, ever-smiling liberty; March Gambarini Music from […]
Handel: Rinaldo – Agustín Pennino in rehearsal – Royal Academy Opera Handel’s Rinaldo was the first opera he wrote for London, in 1711. It was astoundingly popular; the first full Italian opera seria written for […]
Verdi: Rigoletto – Sir Willard White, Callum Thorpe, Eric Greene, Roman Arndt, Themba Mvula – Opera North 2022 (Photo Clive Barda) Opera North has announced its 2026/2027 season which is a canny mix of the […]
Les Pleurs d’Orphée: L. Couperin, Rossi, Moulinié. Jean Rondeau (harpsichord); Ricercar Consort. Wigmore Hall, 11.03.2026 Louis Couperin Prélude in A minor. Suites: in D (including Rossi’s Fantaisie, ‘Les Pleurs d’Orphée’); in F; in A; in […]
Lisette Oropesa & members of Palm Beach Opera – Palm Beach Opera 2026 Gala Palm Beach Opera 2026 Gala; Lisette Oropesa, Micheal Borowitz; Mediterranean Ballroom, The Breakers (1896, Palm Beach Inn), Palm Beach, FloridaReviewed by Robert […]
Divine Impresario: Nicolini on Stage: Broschi, Gasparini, Handel, Porpora, Mancini, Ariosto, Giaj; Randall Scotting, Mary Bevan, Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings; Signum ClassicsReviewed 3 March 2026 The first major castrato to sing in London […]
Cambridge Music Festival: Ligeti Piano Studies Danny Driver (piano). Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge, 10.03.2026 Études pour piano, Books 2 & 3: White on White (Book 3); Galamb Borong; Fém; Der Zaubelehling (all (Bk 2). Musica […]
