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Lehár: The Merry Widow – Paula Sides in John Savournin’s production at Scottish Opera 2025 (Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic) Buxton International Festival is going from strength to strength and the 2026 festival, which runs from 9 […]
Easter Music Course The Guildhall School offers a wide range courses above and beyond full-time study. There are Summer Evening Courses, Easter Short Courses and Summer Schools, with many courses offered on-line. The Easter Short […]
St Patrick’s Cathedral, New York (Photo from the Live Stream) A Facebook contact very kindly alerted me to the fact that the 10:15am Solemn Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York on Sunday 15 […]
Auguste Ottin Polyphemus Surprising Acis and Galatea 1852-63, Luxembourg Gardens Handel: Acis and Galatea (1718), Ode for St Cecilia; Carolyn Sampson, Laurence Kilsby, William Thomas, Jonathan Hanley, Archie Inns, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh; London Handel Festival […]
Elisabetta da Gamberini Handel, Elisabetta de Gambarini, Geminiani, Carlo Tessarini; Mhairi Lawson, Academy of Ancient Music led by Bojan Čičić; Milton Court Concert HallReviewed by Tony Cooper, 12 March 2026 The Academy of Ancient Music […]
Handel: Rinaldo – Agustín Pennino in rehearsal – Royal Academy Opera Handel’s Rinaldo was the first opera he wrote for London, in 1711. It was astoundingly popular; the first full Italian opera seria written for […]
Verdi: Rigoletto – Sir Willard White, Callum Thorpe, Eric Greene, Roman Arndt, Themba Mvula – Opera North 2022 (Photo Clive Barda) Opera North has announced its 2026/2027 season which is a canny mix of the […]
Les Pleurs d’Orphée: L. Couperin, Rossi, Moulinié. Jean Rondeau (harpsichord); Ricercar Consort. Wigmore Hall, 11.03.2026 Louis Couperin Prélude in A minor. Suites: in D (including Rossi’s Fantaisie, ‘Les Pleurs d’Orphée’); in F; in A; in […]
Cambridge Music Festival: Ligeti Piano Studies Danny Driver (piano). Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge, 10.03.2026 Études pour piano, Books 2 & 3: White on White (Book 3); Galamb Borong; Fém; Der Zaubelehling (all (Bk 2). Musica […]
Nicola Benedetti (Image: Andrew Perry) Under the title All Rise, this year’s Edinburgh International Festival is presenting 24 days of performances from 7 to 30 August 2026. Nicola Benedetti’s fourth programme as Festival Director features […]
