Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur (1959), directed by William Wyler. © 1959 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. The Salomon Orchestra’s new season has the theme Stage and Screen, and conductor Graham Ross joins the orchestra on Saturday 18 October at […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Dresden-born composer, Sven Helbig’s Requiem A marks the 80th anniversary of the ending of World War II whilst remembering the bombing and destruction of the beautiful Saxon city of Dresden by allied forces on 13 February 1945.")
Sven Helbig: Requiem A – Central Hall, Westminster (Photo: Markenfotografie) Sven Helbig: Requiem A; Dresdner Kreuzchor, Trinity Boys’ Choir, Poznan Boys’ Choir, La Maîtrise de Garçons de Colmar, René Pape, London Contemporary Orchestra, cond Martin […]
Mikis Theodorakis conducting in Hamburg in 1971 The name of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis is forever associated with the soundtrack to the 1964 film Zorba the Greek with its now ubiquitous main theme which was inspired by […]
The Luddites, named for Ned Ludd, a legendary weaver whose name was used as a pseudonym in threatening letters to mill owners and government officials, was a movement in English textile workers in the early […]
,%20William%20Morgan%20(Male%20Chorus)%20(c)%20Richard%20Hubert%20Smith.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Political resonances & sheer poetry: Robin Norton-Hale's new production of Britten's The Rape of Lucretia shows English Touring Opera on strong form")
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia – Jenny Stafford, William Morgan – English Touring Opera (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Britten: The Rape of Lucretia; Clare Presland, William Morgan, Jenny Stafford, Kieran Rayner, Rosie Lomas, Edmund […]
Verdi: Les vêpres siciliennes; Sara Cortolezzis, Valentyn Dytiuk, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Quinn Kelsey, director: Stefan Herheim/Dan Dooner, conductor: Speranza Scappucci; Royal Opera House Reviewed 3 October 2025 Verdi’s problem French grand opera returns with Herheim’s grand […]
%20Benjamin%20Ealovega.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Reformation: Mishka Rushdie Momen on mixing Renaissance piano music with later periods at the London Piano Festival")
Mishka Rushdie Momen (Photo: Benjamin Ealovega) Pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen will be making her debut at the 10th anniversary edition of the London Piano Festival, which runs at Kings Place from 9 to 14 October […]
Rossini: Ermione – Beth Taylor (Ermione) – Jakob Lehmann, Orchestra Révolutionnaire et Romantique at Cadogan Hall (Photo: Paul Marc Mitchell) Rossini: Ermione (excerpts), Stabat Mater; Ana Maria Labin, Beth Taylor, Hannah Ludwig. Alasdair Kent, Anthony […]
everything you’ve ever lived: Baden Powell, Ravel, Seiber, de Falla, Richard Rodgers, Burt Bacharach, My Brightest Diamond, Vincente Asencio, Debussy, Sinead O’Connor, Caroline Polachek, Britten, Asik Veysel, Jorge Cardoso, Paurillo Barroso, Armando Soares; Lotte Betts-Dean, […]
Following sold out and critically acclaimed performances of Tristan und Isolde, Die Walküre [see my review] and Siegfried [see Tony’s review], the London Opera Company (LOC) returns to Sinfonia Smith Square (formerly St John’s Smith […]
