Broadway Rhapsody: Anush Hovhannisyan & Sam Jewison Soprano Anush Hovhannisyan is familiar from her performances as Lisa in Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Space at the Grange Festival [see my review], Tatyana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin […]
Music in Hospitals & Care Music in Hospitals & Care is looking for people to join its Board of Trustees Music in Hospitals & Care is a charity that brings live music to people in […]
Hugo Ticciati & O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra The Fires of Love: Lera Auerbach, Janacek, Osvaldo Golijov, Mahler; Hugo Ticciati & O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra; Wigmore Hall Reviewed 28 April 2026 One of O/Modernt’s usual freewheeling programmes juxtaposing […]
Forum Bertarelli front entrance with glass canopy at dusk. This summer a new festival is launching in Tuscany embedded in the wine-growing area. Amiata Music is an annual festival which has evolved from the Fondazione […]
Britten’s Noyes Fludde at Orford Church In 1958, Britten premiered Noyes Fludde the archetype of community opera with its mix of amateur and professional performers using an approachable text derived from the Chester Mystery Plays. […]
Maxim Emelyanychev & Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Photo: Christopher Bowen) Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s 2026/27 season continues their profitable relationship with principal conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and his concerts with them feature Berlioz, Bach, Schnittke, Bartok, Poulenc, Faure, […]
Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida On 12 June 2016, a gunman opened fire at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The attack killed 49 people and wounded 53 others, making it one of […]
Irene Messoloras Following on from their debut EP, Serenity (2024), and A Meridian Christmas (2025), London-based professional chamber choir Meridian, founder and director Irene Messoloras, have released their debut album on Signum Classics. Finding Light […]
Verdi: Rigoletto – Royal Opera (© ROH 2023 Photo: Tristram Kenton) Verdi: Rigoletto; Liparit Avetisyan, Robyn Allegra Parton, Hansung Yoo, director: Oliver Mears, conductor: Sir Mark Elder; Royal Opera HouseReviewed 23 April 2026 With some […]
English National Opera has announced its 2026/27 season and as with the last couple of seasons the miracle is that the season exists at all. As it is, there are nine operas with six new […]
