Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques announce their 2020-21 season championing heroines, with the first modern performances of Salieri’s breakthrough success Armida, 250 years after the work’s premiere. A recording of Armida to be made during the season is complemented by the release of Mozart’s Betulia liberate on ApartÈ this autumn. In June 2021, Les Talens Lyriques join the centennial Mozartfest W¸rzburg with performances of Idomeneo.
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BBC Proms Announce 2020 Programme
From Bernstein to Benedetti, Haitink to Hvorostovsky, Mackerras to Kanneh-Masons, musical greats, from the past and the present, will be brought together in one extraordinary Proms season, 17 July – 12 September 2020.
Garsington Opera announces 2021 season
Next summer we return to celebrate our 10th Anniversary at Wormsley, in true Garsington style, using our distinctive indoor / outdoor theatre that offers so many opportunities for us to create wonderful performances in a safe environment for all.
UNMUTE: A Musical Reunion – Garsington Opera at Wormsley
Together with members of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Douglas Boyd conducts a programme of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Strauss with six soloists and readings by Samuel West.
Alfredo Piatti: The Operatic Fantasies (Vol.2) – in conversation with Adrian Bradbury
‘Signor Piatti in a fantasia on themes from Beatrice di Tenda had also his triumph. Difficulties, declared to be insuperable, were vanquished by him with consummate skill and precision. He certainly is amazing, his tone magnificent, and his style excellent. His resources appear to be inexhaustible; and altogether for variety, it is the greatest specimen of violoncello playing that has been heard in this country.’
Live from London: first-ever global online vocal festival announced
Live from London is a new, paid-for online festival from the VOCES8 Foundation, featuring some of the world’s finest vocal ensembles including VOCES8, I Fagiolini, Stile Antico, The Swingles, The Sixteen, Chanticleer and more.
Eboracum Baroque – Heroic Handel
Eboracum Baroque is a flexible period instrument ensemble, comprising singers and instrumentalists, which was founded in York – as its name suggests, Eboracum being the name of the Roman fort on the site of present-day York – while artistic director Chris Parsons was at York University.
Opera Rara at 50: Anniversary talk and Live Q&A
Artistic Dramaturge Roger Parker will be in conversation with musicologist Ditlev Rindom, introduced by Artistic Director Carlo Rizzi, on Thursday 25th June 2020 at 7pm BST.
Longborough Festival Opera launches opera podcast
Longborough Festival Opera is delighted to launch a new podcast, featuring today’s brightest stars for a series of conversations about the world of opera.
New titles announced for Glyndebourne Open House
Glyndebourne has announced the next two opera titles in its virtual festival, Glyndebourne Open House – Britten’s Billy Budd and Rossini’s The Barber of Seville.