Historic Baku Opera Theatre The second Baku International Arts Festival (BIAF) will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 28 October to 8 November 2026 with more than 20 events spanning dance, drama, music, and film, […]
Belle Chen [Photo: Harry Cornish] London-based Taiwanese-Australian pianist and composer Belle Chen had commercial and critical success with her 2024 album Ravel In The Forest and in August released the single Rise on the Platoon label. Following […]
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin,Act Two, scene one – John Brancy as Eugene Onegin, Caspar Singh as Lensky & chorus – Opera North [Photo: James Glossop] Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; John Brancy, Verity Wingate, Caspar Singh, Jingwen Cai, director: […]
C. P. E. Bach Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord); Aapo Häkkinen (fortepiano; harpsichord/director); Helsinki Baroque Orchestra. Wigmore Hall, 730 pm, 19.10.2026 Symphony in F, Wq 175 (1755). Harpsichord Concerto in E minor, Wq 15 (1745-7). Symphony in […]
Verdi: Rigoletto – Themba Mvula, Ross McInroy, Thomas Elwin & ensemble – Opera North, 2026 [Photo: Richard H Smith] Verdi: Rigoletto; Leonardo Sánchez, Blake Denson, Raven McMillon, dir: Femi Elufowoju jr, cond: Patrick Lange; Opera North at […]
Mendelssohn, Nielsen NOVO Quartet. Wigmore Hall, 1 pm, 19.10.2026 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (1827) Nielsen String Quartet in F minor, Op. 5 (1890) The Danish NOVO Quartet is a […]
Wagner Tristan und Isolde. Cast; Chorus & Orchestra of the London Opera Company / Peter Selwyn (conductor). St John’s, Smith Square, 18.10.2026. Cast: Tristan – Neal Cooper Isolde – Cara McHardy Brangӓne – Harriet Williams […]
Sheku Kanneh Mason and young cellists from The Glasshouse [Photo: TyneSight Media] After a tour with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and conductor Dinis Sousa playing Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1 in Middlesborough, Gateshead and Kendal, cellist Sheku […]
Dario Salvi and the Janáček Philharmonic return for volume 3 in their series of Overtures and Stage Music: Volume One was covered here, while we covered yet another Naxos release, the Piano Trios with the […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Only love can bear the burden of truth: Ben Parry & Garth Bardsley on their new opera that premieres at Snape this Saturday")
Ben Parry and Garth Bardsley’s My Father Cannot Speak in rehearsals with Roderick Williams at Snape [Photo: Angus Cooke / Britten Pears Arts] On 24 October, composer Ben Parry and writer Garth Bardsley‘s new opera, […]
