Dancing Queen: Rameau meets ABBA; Asya Faeyeva, Lautten Compagney Berlin; Deustsche Harmonia MundiReviewed 12 November 2024 An unlikely marriage of saxophone, period instrument ensemble, Rameau and the songs of supergroup ABBA turns in gold in […]
Korabaroꓘ – Mamadou Dramé, Céline Scheen, Karim Baggili What do you get if you bring together a soprano, a guitarist who also plays the oud and a player of the African harp, a traditional instrument […]
Rossini: La cenerentola – Barefoot Opera, 2023 (Photo: Chris Parker) Tenor Anthony Flaum has just been announced as the new artistic director of Barefoot Opera, a charity based in St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex […]
Katarzyna Kowalik Whilst the harpsichord has been used in contemporary music since the early 20th century, it still gives off the aura of a ‘period instrument’. Harpsichordist Katarzyna Kowalik wants to change that. Her new […]
For 2025, the Buxton International Festival is returning to its roots and looking to the future. The company will be mounting a new production of Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet, which was one of the festival’s earliest […]
It is all change at the London Handel Festival. As announced previously by festival director Gregory Batsleer, the festival has a new artistic advisor, Jonathan Cohen, whilst Cohen’s group Arcangelo becomes the principal ensemble in […]
Handel: Messiah – Wild Arts at The Art Workers’ Guild 2023 (Photo: Lucy J Toms) In 2023, the innovative young ensemble Wild Arts brought their powerful new take on Handel’s masterpiece to four venues in […]
Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann – Juan Diego Florez – Royal Opera House (Photo: RBO/Camilla Greenwell) Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann; Juan Diego Florez, Alex Esposito, Olga Pudova, Ermonela Jaho, Marina Costa-Jackson, director: Damiano Michieletto, […]
Thomas Hudson – John Beard, tenor who created the role of Jephtha for Handel Handel: Jephtha: Benjamin Hulett, Helen Charlston, Rowan Pierce, James Hall, Academy Choir Wimbledon, Academy Baroque Players, Matthew Best; Wimbledon International Music […]
Reynaldo Hahn in 1906 Songs by Reynaldo Hahn; Maria Schellenberg, Jack Holton, Nigel Foster; London Song Festival at Hinde Street Methodist ChurchReviewed 8 November 2024 Over 20 of Hahn’s best known songs in a comprehensive […]
