Cast:Wozzeck – Stéphane DegoutMarie – Annette DaschCaptain – Peter HoareDoctor – Brindley SherrattDrum-Major – Christopher VentrisAndres – Eirik GrøtvedtMargret – Kitty WhatelyFool – Adrian ThompsonFirst Apprentice – Callum ThorpeSecond Apprentice – Dominic Sedgwick London Voices; […]
Forum Bertarelli front entrance with glass canopy at dusk. This summer a new festival is launching in Tuscany embedded in the wine-growing area. Amiata Music is an annual festival which has evolved from the Fondazione […]
Maxim Emelyanychev & Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Photo: Christopher Bowen) Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s 2026/27 season continues their profitable relationship with principal conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and his concerts with them feature Berlioz, Bach, Schnittke, Bartok, Poulenc, Faure, […]
So Warner has finally decided to do something other than just aimlessly reissuing the EMI catalog over and over and over, ad nauseum, slapping their logo on each and every one, each and every time, […]
Irene Messoloras Following on from their debut EP, Serenity (2024), and A Meridian Christmas (2025), London-based professional chamber choir Meridian, founder and director Irene Messoloras, have released their debut album on Signum Classics. Finding Light […]
Verdi: Rigoletto – Royal Opera (© ROH 2023 Photo: Tristram Kenton) Verdi: Rigoletto; Liparit Avetisyan, Robyn Allegra Parton, Hansung Yoo, director: Oliver Mears, conductor: Sir Mark Elder; Royal Opera HouseReviewed 23 April 2026 With some […]
The East End Salome from Regents Opera recently complements Chandos’ releases of Salome and Elektra nicely. Salome today, Elektra to follow … Conductor Edward Gardner realises the score in vivid colours – for him, the […]
Julian Azkoul and United Strings of Europe make their Southbank debut on 9 May at the Purcell Room with send back the echo, a concert exploring marginalised voices through the stories and music of deaf […]
Edward Gardner (Photo: Jason Bell) The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) has announced its 2026/27 season at the Southbank Centre. Under the title In Search of Purpose, the season explores the human spirit’s resilience and the […]
Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897) and Georges Bizet (1838–1875) Bizet’s L’Arlésienne suites are well-known with some movements representing some of the composer’s most played music. Yet the original score for Alphonse Daudet’s play, from which the suites are […]
