Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus – Alison Langer, Harry Wilson – Opera Holland Park (Photo: Craig Fuller) Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus; Thomas Atkins, Alison Langer, Rebecca Bottone, Clare Presland, Julien Van Mellaerts, Xavier Hetherington, director: Liam […]
Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio is a vast work as chamber pieces go, end-weghted to a vast set of variations. Dedicated to the composer’s close friend the pianist Nikolai Rubinstein, the work carries a great weight on […]
Productions of Humperdinck’s fairy tale opera usually draw an extensive, opulent contrast between the impoverished austerity of the home in which Hansel and Gretel live with their parents, and the Witch’s gingerbread house offering the illusion of an endless feast of enticing sweetmeats on which […]
PROMS 2025: From the Alps to the Auvergne Tjøgersen, Canteloube, R. Strauss Louise Alder (soprano); London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Wilson Ng (offstage conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.07.2026 Kristine Tjøgersen Between Trees […]
An atmosphere of celebration pervaded the Royal Opera House for the opening night of ‘Marianela – Timeless’, an evening curated by The Royal Ballet’s reigning ballerina, Marianela Nuñez, who, at the age of 44 and […]
.webp?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Up Close and Musical: Shiry Rashkovsky's concert series to be first classical offering at The Amadeus, Maida Vale")
Abel Selaocoe at Up Close and Musical (Photo: Dimitri Djuric) Violist Shiry Rashkovsky’s Up Close and Musical is back in November, expanded from a three-day festival to a season-long series at a new home, The […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "A meaty, not to say tough programme: Sakari Oramo, Guy Johnston & BBC Symphony Orchestra in Britten's Cello Symphony, Turnage premiere & Sibelius at the BBC Proms")
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Festen Suite – Sakari Oramo, BBC Symphony Orchestra – BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Mark Allan) Mark-Anthony Turnage: Festen Suite, Britten: Cello Symphony, Sibelius: Symphony No. 2; Guy Johnston, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo; BBC […]
Verdi (arr. Burke) Un ballo in maschera Cast; Opera Holland Park Chorus; City of London Sinfonia / Michael Papadopoulos. Opera Holland Park, Kensington, London, 25.08.2026 Production: Director – Rodula Gaitanou Designer – takis Lighting Designer […]
I was completely unfamiliar with composer Peter Heise, thus I relied on the excellent CD booklet more than usual for information about him and his music. It contains comprehensive liner notes written by Jens Cornelius, […]
In bringing the action of Verdi’s Un ballo in Maschera (1859) forwards to the Hollywood’s Golden Era on either side of the Second World War, Rodula Gaitanou’s production (revived from 2019) suggests a conspiratorial world […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "By turns ravishing & spine-tingling: period instrument orchestra Les Siècles is the star of the show in Berlioz's La damnation de Faust at the BBC Proms conducted by Jakob Lehmann")
