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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 […]
All-IN-4Art with Bettina Bermbach of Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben (DSM, the German Foundation for Musical Life)
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. But seriously…this is just nonsense
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 […]
French fireworks & German heroes: David Butt Philip & Friends gala at St Paul’s Opera, Clapham
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 […]
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