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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Welcome to our new series, All-IN-4Art where our Florida correspondent, Robert J Carreras interviews musical figures from across the globe. Bettina Bermbach, 2026 (Photo: David Ausserhofer) Bettina Bermbach arrived at Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben (DSM, the […]
I tried. I really did. But here’s the thing. Compositional ability aside, the recording itself is what really bothers me on this Pentatone CD. Approaching something as bizarre as this, everything must work in its […]
David Butt Philip & Friends Gala – Susanna Stranders, Liam James Karai, Ellie Laugharne – St Paul’s Opera (Photo: Julian Guidera) David Butt Philip & Friends Gala; Ellie Laugharne, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, David Butt Philip, Liam […]
Stephen McNeff: Ballads of a Bogman – The Sigerson Clifford Song Cycle, Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel; Gavan Ring, Fiachra Garvey; Wigmore HallReviewed 17 March 2027 Stephen McNeff’s masterly settings of poetry inspired by County Kerry with performers who […]
Anna Clyne (Photo: Victoria Stevens) The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) has announced that USA-based British composer Anna Clyne has been appointed composer-in-residence for the 2026/27 season. Her work with the CBSO will include […]
