Mid Wales Opera which had been threatened with closure as a result of Arts Council Wales (ACW) cuts has been thrown a vital lifeline with a cash injection of £75,906 from…
Author: Gary Hoffman
Naxos Founder, Klaus Heymann, Acquires Chandos Records
Press Release — A440 Arts Group Chandos Records, one of the world’s leading classical labels, has been acquired by Naxos founder, Klaus Heymann. Launched in 1979 by Brian Couzens, Chandos…
Shakespeare Opera Theatre’s Hansel and Gretel
Blessed with “a quality of talent that could have opera geeks swooning,” (Shakespearances) Shakespeare Opera Theatre is pleased to kick off our eighth season with a journey to Bavaria in…
Dame Sarah Connolly Masterclass
Every month, OperaVision sets out to meet young artists around the world and give them a platform by streaming new performances, documentaries, concerts, masterclasses and podcasts. This time we are…
Opera on Video Five Year Anniversary – A success story
The website operaonvideo.com was founded in September 2018 with the objective of documenting ALL full opera performances ever recorded, broadcast or streamed on video. It went live a few months…
Verdi’s Requiem at the Royal Festival Hall with Hackney Singers and Lewisham Choral Society
300 singers from Hackney Singers and Lewisham Choral Society join forces with world-class orchestra London Mozart Players, and a cohort of outstanding professional soloists to perform one of the most…
Book review: Georges Bizet’s Carmen
Nelly Furman acknowledges that “given the popularity of Carmen, any discourse on it–whether a remake of the story or a critical exercise like the one in this book–partakes of the…
Cornelius Meister opens Bayreuth Festival 2022
Press Release Stuttgart, 25 February 2022 Cornelius Meister, Staatsoper Stuttgart’s General Music Director, will conduct the opening of this year’s Bayreuth Festival. Meister will make his debut at the Festspielhaus…
In Memory of Claire Seymour
It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Claire Seymour. For the past few months, she suffered from an unknown illness, which included her hospitalization for a…