Elegance, exuberance and one remarkable woman: the Academy of Ancient Music travels to Georgian London to discover the lost world of musical innovator, Elisabetta da Gambarini
Elisabetta da Gamberini Handel, Elisabetta de Gambarini, Geminiani, Carlo Tessarini; Mhairi Lawson, Academy of Ancient Music led by Bojan Čičić; Milton Court Concert HallReviewed by Tony Cooper, 12 March 2026 The Academy of Ancient Music […]
Gambarini: English Impresaria. The AAM at Milton Court
Gambarini: English Impesaria Mhairi Lawson (soprano); Academy of Ancient Music . Bojan Čičić (violin/director). Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 12.03.2026 Handel Judas Maccabeus,HWV 63 (1746): Overture; Pious Orgies; Come, ever-smiling liberty; March Gambarini Music from […]
It takes two! Countertenor Agustín Pennino & mezzo-soprano Ella Orehek-Coddington on sharing the role of Rinaldo in Royal Academy Opera’s forthcoming production of Handel’s opera
Handel: Rinaldo – Agustín Pennino in rehearsal – Royal Academy Opera Handel’s Rinaldo was the first opera he wrote for London, in 1711. It was astoundingly popular; the first full Italian opera seria written for […]
A new Eugene Onegin, Orpheus returns, a second chance for Dead Man Walking: Opera North announces an imaginative new season for 2026/27
Verdi: Rigoletto – Sir Willard White, Callum Thorpe, Eric Greene, Roman Arndt, Themba Mvula – Opera North 2022 (Photo Clive Barda) Opera North has announced its 2026/2027 season which is a canny mix of the […]
Les Pleurs d’Orphée: The Music of Louis Coupein
Les Pleurs d’Orphée: L. Couperin, Rossi, Moulinié. Jean Rondeau (harpsichord); Ricercar Consort. Wigmore Hall, 11.03.2026 Louis Couperin Prélude in A minor. Suites: in D (including Rossi’s Fantaisie, ‘Les Pleurs d’Orphée’); in F; in A; in […]
