‘This concert takes us on a journey through everything in Mahler’s world,’ was presenter Dr Leah Broad’s ambitious claim for this London Chamber Orchestra programme at St John’s Smith Square. …
Author: Claire Seymour
The Academy of Ancient Music bring Bach’s St John Passion, of 1725, to the Barbican
There are four versions of Bach’s St John Passion. The first was heard on Good Friday 1724, in the St Nicholas Church in Leipzig, during Bach’s first year of employment…
The Handmaid’s Tale at English National Opera
‘I don’t want to be a dancer, my feet in the air, my head a faceless oblong of white cloth. I don’t want to be a doll hung up on…
Alexander Chance announced as winner of International Handel Singing Competition
On Friday 8th April 2022, countertenor Alexander Chance was announced as the winner of the International Handel Singing Competition following the final which took place at London’s St George’s Church, Hanover Square. Alexander Chance was also awarded the Audience Prize and fellow…
Tête à Tête‘s wider season for 2022 sees the company continue to develop artists on a national level
Tête à Tête has unveiled its wider season for 2022, which will see the outlandish opera company continue to ferment and mature artists across the country to show talented theatre-makers what is possible…
London Handel Festival: Opera Settecento perform Fernando, re di Castiglia
This London Handel Festival performance at St George’s Hanover Square was billed as ‘Fernando, re di Castiglia: A Handel Premiere’. Well, not quite, one might say: the first staged revival…
A truthful Winterreise from Ian Bostridge and Angela Hewitt at Wigmore Hall
Wunderlicher AlterSoll ich mit dir gehn?Willst zu meinen LiedernDeine Leier drehn? [Strange old man!Shall I go with you?Will you grind your hurdy-gurdyto my songs?] If the answer to the wanderer’s…
Blow’s Venus and Adonis: the Early Opera Company at St John’s Smith Square
Probably first performed at the London or Windsor court in 1683, John Blow’s Venus and Adonis is a thinly veiled political satire on the amorous appetites of Charles II and…
English Touring Opera appoints Robin Norton-Hale as new General Director
English Touring Opera is thrilled to announce Robin Norton-Hale as their new General Director. Norton-Hale, who is a multi award-winning writer and director for theatre, opera and film, will take…
Richard Davidson-Houston appointed as Managing Director of Glyndebourne
Glyndebourne is delighted to announce that Richard Davidson-Houston will become Managing Director this autumn. Working alongside Artistic Director Stephen Langridge, Richard will lead Glyndebourne in continuing to achieve our mission…