Those who attended Irish National Opera’s Bajazet at the Linbury Theatre in 2021 (review here) will be familiar with the story here. Handel accorded titular status to Tamerlano, Different librettos, though: Handel’s principally uses Nicolà […]
[Mechelen, 4 March 2026]— Evil Penguin Classic proudly announces that internationally acclaimed pianist Burkard Schliessmann is joining the label’s distinguished roster of artists. Our collaboration will start off with a Fryderyk Chopin album presenting a […]
Tansy Davies The Passion of Mary Magdalene (2025) Anna Dennis Mary Magdalene; Markus Farnsworth Jesus; Dunedin Consort, John But (director) Barbican Hall, London, 24 March, 2026 Tansy Davies’ works rarely fail to simulate: her opera […]
After Kosky’s Siegfried at Covent Garden last week (you can read my review here), I thought it a good idea to have a look at his Don Giovanni from Vienna. Here’s the promo reel: As […]
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Hildegard of Bingen O vis aeternitatis Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor, ‘Resurrection’ (1888-94) Kent Nagano (conductor); Jane Archibald (soprano); Christina Bock (mezzo); Phiharmonia Chorus & Orchestra Royal Festival Hall, London , 19 March […]
Celebrating castrato Nicolò Grimaldi (1673-1732), known (then) universally as “Nicolini,” his disc presents no fewer than nine World Premiere recordings. Although Handel wrote for Nicolini (and we hear arias fom Rinaldo and Amaldigi here), so […]
Barrie Kosky’s most recent staging of the Ring continues at Covent Garden with Siegfried; the director had previously declared himself unsatisfied with his staging for Staatsoper Hannover in 2009-11. While this Ring still has one vital part to go, we […]
Telemann Old and New What a treat to hear a full concert of Telemann’s magnificent music. The dates of composition of the pieces span 30 + years: hence, “Telemann Old and New”) with the late […]
While some might point you in the direction of the ensemble canzona when it comes to the music of Johann Rosenmüller (1619-84), the composer who so nearly became Thomaskantor in Leipzig – a scandal scuppered […]
