As the Season comes to a close, Garsington Opera announces the recipients of its four awards for young artists, presented in recognition of their professional and personal contributions and musical…
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Notting Hill Carnival comes to Opera Holland Park, 19-21 August 2021
Opera Holland Park is delighted to announce a partnership with Notting Hill Carnival, bringing calypso, steelpan and Caribbean jazz to the theatre for three concerts on 19, 20 and 21…
Great Women: the words and lives of four powerful 20th-century Irish women are brought to life by composer Gráinne Mulvey and soprano Elizabeth Hilliard
Born Constance Gore-Booth in County Sligo in February 1868, Countess Constance Markievicz was a co-commander in the 1916 Easter Rising and the first Irish woman elected to Parliament. Alongside Markievicz…
Baritone Gihoon Kim from Republic of Korea crowned BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021
Baritone Gihoon Kim, from Republic of Korea became on Saturday evening (19th June) the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021. The announcement was made during the broadcast of the…
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha wins the Song Prize at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021
Twenty-seven year old soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, from South Africa, was yesterday named the winner of the Song Prize at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021. The announcement was…
Glyndebourne announces two new trustees and Creative Conspirators ‘think tank’
Glyndebourne has announced the appointment of two new members to its Board of Trustees – Sharmila Nebhrajani OBE, Chair of NICE, and top solicitor Helen Ward, a partner at Stewarts…
London’s Summer Music in City Churches festival returns
Founded in 2018 by Ian Maclay and Jenny Robinson, the festival presents around 11 concerts over the course of 10 days each June. The theme this year is ‘Sunshine after Rain’. Festival Director Jenny Robinson comments: “We’re delighted to launch our third festival with…
ROH Engender Festival returns for 2021 with a packed programme of events and an unmissable line-up of change-makers and creatives
The Royal Opera House is excited to announce the Engender Festival line-up for 2021. From Monday 12 -17 July 2021, join us at Covent Garden and online for a week of talks and debates, operas in progress, concerts and workshops with an unmissable line-up of artists, composers, change-makers and brilliant creatives. …
Bampton Classical Opera celebrate a Gluck anniversary this summer
BAMPTON CLASSICAL OPERA 2021Christoph Willibald Gluck, Paris and Helen (1770) – 250th anniversary production Performances:The Deanery Garden, Bampton, Oxfordshire: Friday 23, Saturday 24 JulyThe Orangery Theatre, Westonbirt School, Gloucestershire: Monday 30 AugustSt John’s Smith Square,…
ENO presents Tosca at the brand new South Facing Festival
On Friday 27 and Sunday 29 August 2021 – as a part of South Facing Festival at historic music venue Crystal Palace Bowl in Crystal Palace Park, South London –…