Garsington Opera is delighted to announce the launch of Music for the Eyes – a weekly online documentary featuring music from Garsington Opera and images from the National Gallery of London.
Category: Commentary
Schubert 200 : in conversation with Tom Guthrie
‘There could be no happier existence. Each morning he composed something beautiful and each evening he found the most enthusiastic admirers. We gathered in his room – he played and sang to us – we were enthusiastic and afterwards we went to the tavern. We hadn’t a penny but were blissfully happy.’
Wexford Festival Opera on RT… Player: Stanford’s The Veiled Prophet available to view online
At a time when more people than ever are turning online to enjoy their favourite opera productions, the first-ever professional performance in English of The Veiled Prophet by Dublin-born composer, Charles Villiers Stanford, is now available to view on the RT… Player.
The Met announces plans to live-stream an all-star At-Home Gala
The Met announces plans to live-stream an all-star At-Home Gala on Saturday, April 25, at 1pm EDT/6pm BST. This free concert will feature performances by more than 40 of the company’s most prominent artists, live from their own quarantines around the world.
English Touring Opera to broadcast St John Passion on Easter Sunday
English Touring Opera is preparing to broadcast a performance of Bach’s St John
Passion which premiered in London on 5 March 2020 and was due to tour
nationally.
Participants announced for the first ever Wexford Factory
Twelve singers, in a two-week academy, with guest tutors including world-renowned tenor Juan Diego-FlÛrez as part of Wexford Festival Opera 2020.
New Mascarade Opera Studio announces first participants
Mascarade Opera Studio has announced its first ten Studio Artists following applications from ambitious opera talent from all over the world. From September 2020, the new opera studio launching in Florence will offer its nine-month training programme for eight exceptional young singers and two rÈpÈtiteurs.
Accentus stream full-length operas on Opernhaus Z¸rich website
Accentus is delighted to announce that a selection of outstanding full-length operas that the production company and label has produced will be streamed on the Opernhaus Z¸rich website.
Royal Academy of Music appoints Brenda Hurley as Head of Opera
The Royal Academy of Music today announced Brenda Hurley as its new Head of Opera, effective July 2020.
Glyndebourne: full closure of the 2020 Festival and the opening of Glyndebourne Open House
Glyndebourne have, with ‘a very heavy heart’, taken the decision to cancel all remaining Festival 2020 performances. It had been hoped that it would to be possible to open on 14 July, but the persistence of the COVID-19 global pandemic has made it impossible to guarantee the safety of Company members and audiences.