St Paul’s Opera in Clapham is back with their summer opera next month. Having delighted us last year with Doniz L’elisir d’amore [see my review], the company will be performing Verdi’s La traviata from 2 […]
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito: Jeremy Ovenden, Aphrodite Patoulidou, Maite Beaumont, Anna El-Khashem, Ambroisine Bré, Adrien Fournaison, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset; The Grange FestivalReviewed 9 June 2026 A welcome opportunity to hear Mozart’s great last opera […]
8 Songs for a Mad King Soloists; Manchester Camerata / John Andrews (conductor); Company Chameleon (stage direction). King’s Place, London, June 6, 2026 Judith Weir Blue Green Hill Errolyn Wallen By Gis and By Saint […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "The Trial of Dhegdheer: a Somali folktale is the inspiration for a new community opera bringing together communities of Butetown & Grangetown in Cardiff")
Robert Fokkens in the first community rehearsal of The Trial of Dhegdheer A new community opera The Trial of Dhegdheer, to be performed in Grangetown in Cardiff on Saturday 13 June takes a Somali folktale […]
Joshua Ballance at High Barnet Chamber Music Festival High Barnet Chamber Music Festival has returned for its sixth season with a mix of the well-known and the not so well-known. Things kicked off last weekend […]
Missy Mazzoli: Proving Up – Sebastian Hill, Aidan O’Donnell – Guildhall School (Photo: David Monteith-Hodge) Missy Mazzoli: Proving Up; director: Amy Lane, conductor: James Henshaw; Guildhall School of Music & DramaReviewed by Edward Lambert (5 […]
Founded in 1977 by a group including composer Peter Maxwell Davies and poet George Mackay, the St Magnus Festival is week-long arts festival which takes place at midsummer on the islands of Orkney. This year […]
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro – Timothy Nelson, Ellie Neate, Elinor Rolf Johnson – Wild Arts (Photo: Lucy Toms) Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; Elinor Rolfe Johnson, Timothy Nelson, Ellie Neate, Jack Sandison, Abbie Ward, […]
Joseph Phibbs & Dominic Sandbrook: Mrs T – Lucy Schaufer as Mrs T in rehearsal(Photo: Claire Shovelton) Whether you love her or hate her, Mrs Thatcher remains an iconic figure but not a character who […]
A selection of 17 pieces launched by Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656-1746) launched by “Honori Purificationis BV Mariae” (In Honour of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary) from Lytaniae Lauretanae and crowned by one […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Intriguing connections in Anja Bihlmaier & BBC Philharmonic's Prom including Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with Jamie Barton & Clay Hilley, yet perhaps better heard on BBC Sounds")
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Stripped back drama & strong musical values: Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos from Glyndebourne Opera at the BBC Proms")
