Offenbach wrote his four-act romantic opera, Les fées du Rhin in 1864, for the Hofoper in Vienna where it was performed in a German translation as Die Rheinnixen. The tenor Alois Ander was ill and […]
Julieth Lozano in rehearsal getting ready for her aerial moves…. Vache Baroque is celebrating its fifth anniversary by returning to its home, The Vache, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, to perform André Campra’s little-known opera, Le […]
Mozart: Zaide – Lea Desandre, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Pygmalion – Salzburg Festival (Photo: SF/Marco Borrelli) Mozart: Zaide oder der Weg des Lichts, Sabine Devieilhe, Lea Desandre, Julian Prégardien, Daniel Behle, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Pygmalion, conductor: […]
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda – Bekhzod Davronov, Thomas Lehmann, Kate Lindsey – Salzburg Festival (Photo: SF/Monika Rittershaus) Donizetti: Maria Stuarda; Lisette Oropesa, Kate Lindsey, Bekhzod Davronov, director: Ulrich Rasche, Vienna Philharmonic, conductor: Antonello Manacorda; Salzburg Festival […]
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll – Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra – Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg Festival (Photo: SF/Marco Borelli) Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’; Lang Lang, West-Eastern […]
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti – Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg Festival (Photo: SF/Marco Borelli) Schubert: Symphony No. 4 ‘Tragic’, Bruckner: Mass in F minor; Ying Fang, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Pavol Breslik, William Thomas, Konzertvereinignung Wiener Staatopenchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo […]
Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto – Robert Raso (Curio), Lucile Richardot (Cornelia), Yuriy Mynenko (Tolomeo), Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Achilla) – Salzburg Festival (Photo: SF/Monika Rittershaus) Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Christophe Dumaux, Olga Kulchynska, Lucile Richardot, […]
The animated feature film Kensuke’s Kingdom had its British network TV premiere earlier this month on Sunday, 3 August on BBC One, which means that it is now available on BBC iPlayer until next year! Adapted […]
Zoë Beyers leads Britten Sinfonia at Westminster Abbey (Photo: Shoël Stadlen) Britten Sinfonia has announced that violinist Zoë Beyers is to become the orchestra’s new Leader. She will replace Jacqueline Shave and Thomas Gould, who […]
Cyrill Ibrahim From September 2025, pianist Cyrill Ibrahim will be the new artist in residence at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens. A firm believer in bringing classical music into the mainstream, Ibrahim will support World Heart Beat’s […]
