After Kosky’s Siegfried – Kosky’s Don Giovanni from Vienna
After Kosky’s Siegfried at Covent Garden last week (you can read my review here), I thought it a good idea to have a look at his Don Giovanni from Vienna. Here’s the promo reel: As […]
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Fibonacci Quartet appointed Associate Ensemble at Music at Paxton, the festival based at Paxton House in the Borders
Music at Paxton, the festival based at Paxton House in the Borders, has appointed Fibonacci Quartet as its new Associate Ensemble for 2027-2029. Music at Paxton’s artist director, Angus Smith, said: “We always have one […]
Icelandic voices, a new orchestra & celebrating the Kirkwall cat: St Magnus Festival in Orkney is in celebratory mood for its 50th birthday
Heiða Árnadóttir in Mörsugur by Ásbjörg Jónsdóttir & Ragnheiður Erla Björnsdóttir This year the St Magnus Festival in Orkney celebrates its 50th birthday with some 50 events in and around Kirkwall from 19 to 28 […]
Pianist Burkhard Schliessmann joins Evil Penguin
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A new organ, Gavin Higgins as the Festival’s inaugural Associate Composer, & celebrating Elgar: Three Choirs Festival at Gloucester in 2026
Three Choirs Festival at Gloucester Cathedral (Photo: Michael Whitefoot) The Three Choirs Festival, this year at Gloucester, takes place from 25 July to 1 August 2026, curated by Adrian Partington who is director of music […]
Planet Hugill featured at no. 3 on FeedSpot 60 Best Opera Blogs to Follow in 2026
I am never really sure about lists of things, the Top 50 Best whatevers. However, finding out that you are in such a list is terribly seductive, even if you wonder how the list has […]
Not so much Verismo: Eleanor Burke’s somewhat abstract staging of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci for English Touring Opera provides a fine setting for Ronald Samm’s powerful performance as Canio
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci – Harry Grigg, Matthew Siveter, Ronald Samm – English Touring Opera (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Ronald Samm, Paula Sides, Matthew Siveter, director: Eleanor Burke, conductor: Gerry Cornelius; English Touring Opera […]
Nagano’s eye-opening Mahler
Hildegard of Bingen O vis aeternitatis Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor, ‘Resurrection’ (1888-94) Kent Nagano (conductor); Jane Archibald (soprano); Christina Bock (mezzo); Phiharmonia Chorus & Orchestra Royal Festival Hall, London , 19 March […]
Wonderful joy, energy, & sheer engagement: Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Gondoliers from English Touring Opera, directed by Liam Steel
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers – Kelli-Ann Masterson, Phil Wilcox, Matthew Siveter, Lauren Young, George Robarts – English Touring Opera (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers; Phil Wilcox, Lauren Young, Matthew […]
Siegfried at RBO – a (vocal) triumph
Barrie Kosky’s most recent staging of the Ring continues at Covent Garden with Siegfried; the director had previously declared himself unsatisfied with his staging for Staatsoper Hannover in 2009-11. While this Ring still has one vital part to go, we […]
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