The myth of Orpheus and Euridice is dramatically and symbolically tailor-made for opera, so it’s no wonderthat so many composers have been inspired by Ovid’s tale, with its fatal snakebite,…
Month: September 2022
A stirring The Dream of Gerontius from Edward Gardner and the LPO at the Proms
The final weeks of this Proms festival are serving up some terrific big choral works and, sitting in the stalls before this performance of Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius, how wonderful…
Bath Camerata on excellent form at Leominster Priory
Now in its fortieth year, the Presteigne Festival once again brought an eclectic mix of cultural events (music, film, art and poetry) to this unassuming Welsh border town. Under the…
Glyndebourne’s sumptuous new staging of Handel’s Alcina now available to stream on Glyndebourne Encore
Glyndebourne’s critically-acclaimed new production of Handel’s Alcina, which premiered at Glyndebourne Festival 2022, has just been released on Glyndebourne Encore. Glyndebourne Encore is a new streaming platform giving on-demand access to…