Joe Cutler: Sonata for Broken Fingers; Claire Booth, Stephen Richardson, Christopher Lemmings, James Cleverton, Lucy Schaufer, BCMG, Sian Edwards, BRCReviewed 17 November 2025 Inspired by a probably untrue story, Joe Cutler and Max Hoehn’s opera […]
The Gonzaga Band Each year the National Centre for Early Music Young Composers Award 2026 is presented by the National Centre for Early Music in association with BBC Radio 3 and for the 2026 instalment […]
Paraguayan classical guitarist Berta Rojas has been fulfilling a dream to explore the guitar’s history and evolution in Latin America starting with the 15th century, from the arrival of the vihuela and early guitars brought by […]
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea – Hera Protopapas (Nerone), Theano Papadaki (Poppea) – HGO at Jackson’s Lane Theatre (Photo: Julian Guidera) Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea; Hera Protopapas, Theano Papadaki, Louis Pettit, Jasmine Flicker, Henry Saywell, Henry […]
Sara Teasdale. Photograph by Gerhard Sisters, ca. 1910 Missouri History Museum Photograph and Print Collection The Life and Loves of Sarah Teasdale; Kristin Dauphinais, Nigel Foster; London Song Festival at Hinde Street Methodist ChurchReviewed 14 […]
Amelia Clarkson The Rain Keeps Coming by Northern Irish composer Amelia Clarkson was premiered by the Ulster Orchestra at the Ulster Hall in Belfast on 10 October 2025. The work explores cycles of personal renewal […]
BIG – designs for Hamburg State Opera, renders by Yanis Amasri (images: BIG) Hamburg State Opera is on the move, or at least plans to be. The architecture studio BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) has unveiled […]
The Sixteen has announced a new strand to its Learning & Participation programme which seeks to support young singers in finding a pathway into choral music. The Sixteen Ignite features a new Academy, an extension […]
Agnes Baltsa, Lifetime Achievement Award winner International Opera Awards 2025 – (Photo: GNO/Simopoulos) ‘Tis the season for awards. Hot on the heels of the Ivors Classical Awards [see my article] comes the International Opera Awards […]
It was with Mahler and the Philharmonia that the Royal Opera’s new music director first made a mark with London audiences. His Puccini may or may not be considered wholly idiomatic but Jakub Hrůša is […]
