Tête à Tête, The Opera Festival: How to successfully put on live performances during a pandemic

Ahead of its 2021 return, Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival has released a video and other assets with key tips on how to successfully put on live performances in the new age of pandemic. The short…

Royal Opera House confirms Antonio Pappano as Music Director until 2023/24 Season

he Royal Opera House today confirms that Sir Antonio Pappano will continue as Music Director of The Royal Opera until the end of the 2023/24 ROH Season. Tony will join…

ROH’s live-streamed double bill – The Seven Deadly Sins and Mahagonny Songspiel

Booking is now open for the Royal Opera House’s first live broadcast of 2021 – Bertolt Brecht’s and Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins and Mahagonny Songspiel. Produced by the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, the double bill will be streamed live from the Main…

Venice Music Biennale announces award of Golden Lion to composer Kaija Saariaho and Silver Lion to Neue Vocalsolisten

This year’s Venice Music Biennale is composer Lucia Ronchetti’s first as Artistic Director and as part ofthe activities planned for the Biennale, Ronchetti has chosen composer Kaija Saariaho to be…

The Royal Opera House reveals highlights of its first full Season since 2019

The Royal Opera House is excited to share early plans for its 2021/22 Season, the first full Royal Opera House Season since 2019.    Today we reveal highlights including five world…

ETO to launch Digital Season with Easter Sunday broadcast of St John Passion

ETO at Home: ETO launching its new streaming platform on the company’s website. St John Passion: ETO will launch its 2021 Digital Season on the platform with St John Passion on Easter Sunday…

Bampton Classical Opera 2021 Season Announcement

Bampton Classical Opera’s 2021 season develops a particular Bampton interest in the inexplicably neglected works by one of the most significant 18th century operatic masters, CW Gluck.  In The Crown,…

Date announced for International Opera Awards 2021

2020 winners to be revealed in virtual event on Monday May 10Exclusive performances from stars of the opera worldEvent will raise funds for Artist Hardship Fund#OperaAwards2021 The International Opera Awards…

English National Opera and BBC Two announce the broadcast of Handel’s Messiah, captured exclusively for television this Easter

English National Opera (ENO) and BBC Two today announce that a specially-created concert of Handel’s Messiah will be recorded for exclusive broadcast on BBC Two this Easter.  The hour-long performance of Handel’s…

Vauxhall London Presents – Classical Vauxhall: experience exciting classical talent streamed into your home this March

We cannot be together, but we can still stay connected through music! Classical Vauxhall 2021  Thursday 18th March – Fiachra Garvey & Navarra String QuartetFriday 19th March – Tom Poster and Elena…