English National Opera (ENO) and BBC Two today announce that a specially-created concert of Handel’s Messiah will be recorded for exclusive broadcast on BBC Two this Easter. The hour-long performance of Handel’s…
Year: 2021
Met Stars Live in Concert: Sonya Yoncheva in Germany
At the start of The Metropolitan Opera’s most recent Met Stars Live in Concert broadcast, our genial host, Christine Goerke, introduced us to the Baroque Library of the Schussenried Cloister…
I wonder as I wander: an assured debut from James Newby and Joseph Middleton
Recorded only five years since his graduation from Trinity Laban, this is an excellent debut CD from the not-yet-thirty-year-old James Newby, already with a string of prizes including the prestigious Kathleen…
Songs of Travel: James Platt and Lada Valešová
The second day of Oxford Lieder’s two-day festival, Winter into Spring, heralded the arrival of the season of rebirth and renewal. If the programme presented by bass James Platt and…
To the New World: the Carducci Quartet and VOCES8
VOCES8’s Live from London, Spring series continues to offer diverse delights. Recent performances by Apollo 5 and Stile Antico framed The Winter House – an interactive family concert created and…
Alastair White’s ROBE: a ‘fashion-opera’
If Rousseau, Marx, Einstein, Lacan and Bill Gates were to collaborate on an opera, what would they create? Perhaps something not unlike ROBE by the Scottish composer and writer Alastair…
Vauxhall London Presents – Classical Vauxhall: experience exciting classical talent streamed into your home this March
We cannot be together, but we can still stay connected through music! Classical Vauxhall 2021 Thursday 18th March – Fiachra Garvey & Navarra String QuartetFriday 19th March – Tom Poster and Elena…
Leeds Lieder announce Spring 2021 recitals presented from Leeds Town Hall
Leeds Lieder are delighted to welcome outstanding artists to Leeds this spring including Dame Sarah Connolly, Gerald Finley, Fatma Said, Kitty Whately, Julius Drake and Joseph Middleton who will perform…
Date announced for International Opera Awards 2021
2020 winners to be revealed in virtual event on Monday May 10Exclusive performances from stars of the opera worldEvent will raise funds for Artist Hardship Fund#OperaAwards2021 The International Opera Awards…