This statement opera, playing for 2 hours 40 minutes including a single intermission in its present incarnation, grew out of a more modest Mahagonny-Songspiel lasting little longer than tonight’s interval. The bigger stage work is by no means […]
Sir Alexander Gibson Wednesday 11 February 2026 marked 100 years since the birth of Sir Alexander Gibson (1926-1995). Gibson became the first Scot and longest-serving principal conductor and music director of the Scottish National Orchestra […]
Esther Abrami The French violinist Esther Abrami, who studied at Chetham’s School of Music, the Royal College of Music and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, is described as something of a ‘media sensation’: she has over 400,000 […]
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, Act 4 – Gabriella Reyes, James Newby – Opera North, 2026 (Photo: Tristram Kenton) Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; Liam James Karai, Hera Hyesang Park, James Newby, Gabriella Reyes, Frances […]
The indefatigable Neeme Jävi (I wonder what his record disc total is?) leads the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in his fabulously recorded disc, a coupling of composers one might not immediately consider juxtaposing, too: the Swedish […]
Britten: Peter Grimes, Act One, Scene One – Opera North, 2026 (Photo: James Glossop) Britten: Peter Grimes; John Findon, Philippa Boyle, Simon Bailey, Johannes Moore, Hilary Summers, Stuart Jackson, Nazan Fikret, Ava Dodd, Claire Pascoe, […]
Monteverdi Madrigals, Book VIII (excerpts). Altri canti d’Amor; Ho che’l ciel e la terra; Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda; Ballo, Movete al mio bel suon la piante snll. Altri canti de Mare; Vago augelletto […]
Sky with the Four Suns: Pärt, Purcell, Britten, Mica Levi, Jasmine Morris, John Luther Adams; Manchester Collective; Crypt up-close, St Martin-in-the-FieldsReviewed 12 February 2026 Moving from Purcell to a new commission, the Manchester Collective’s programme brought […]
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra (OPO), artistic director Marios Papadopoulos, has done occasional concert performances of opera, but this September they begin a significant new operatic project. In what might be seen as a brave move in […]
So, afe the French part of Sandine Piau nd David Kadouch’s Wigmore recital on Monday (review posted yesterday), here’s an extension of that French arm: Iris Scialom and Antonin Bonnet making their recoding debut as […]
