CBSO in the City 2025 – New Street Station (Photo: Jonathan Ferro) This weekend (27-31 August) the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) goes beyond its home at Symphony Hall for five days to deliver […]
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’ Elizabeth Watts (soprano); Jennifer Johnston (mezzo); Brighton Festival Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Mandle Cheung (conductor). Alexandra Palace Theatre, London, 21. 08.2026 Interviewing Mandle Cheung revealed a tech entrepreneur housing […]
Lortzing with his friend Philipp Reger, 1844. Daguerreotypie. The year 2026 marks a double anniversary for the composer Albert Lortzing. The creator Spieloper, German comic opera, was born in Berlin 225 years ago and died […]
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde – Jamie Barton, Anja Bihlmaier, BBC PhilharmonicBBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall (Photo: BBC/Chris Cristodoulou) Bushra El-Turk: Mosaic, Haydn: Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor, ‘Farewell’, Mahler: Das Lied von der […]
This was a semi-staged version of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos; Laurent Pelly is the director at Glyndebourne (see my review here: Ariadne auf Lewes), and, while I enjoyed his Donizetti La fille du régiment, […]
What a life the Labèques have led: a life saturated in music, and making music together for over half a century. A life celebrated here in this wonderful three-CD set, a recorded journey that began […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Stripped back drama & strong musical values: Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos from Glyndebourne Opera at the BBC Proms")
Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos – Samantha Hankey, Alina Wunderlin, Robin Ticciati, LPO Glyndebourne Opera at BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou) Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos; Rachel Willis-Sørensen, David Butt Philip, Alina Wunderlin, Samantha Hankey, […]
Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts, op. 5 (Requiem, 1837) Julien Henric (tenor); BBC Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.08.2026 In a BBC Radio 3 […]
Young musicians from Brent Music Academy of which the RPO is a founding partner (Photo: Ben Wright) As teenagers across the country eagerly – or perhaps apprehensively – await their GCSE results, the Royal Philharmonic […]
Adolphe Nourrit in the title role of Salieri’s Tarare in 1823 Antonio Salieri is still, alas, best remembered for his non-role in Mozart’s death and his operas remain tantalisingly at the fringes of the repertoire. […]
