Royal Opera House announces two new Friday Premiere Streams

The Royal Opera House is delighted to continue its #OurHousetoYourHouse programme, featuring online broadcasts, musical masterclasses and cultural highlights thata can be accessed by audiences around the world. Join us…

ENO appoints Lord Chris Smith to Board of Trustees

English National Opera (ENO) is pleased to announce that Lord Chris Smith is joining the ENO Board of Trustees with immediate effect. From 1997 to 2001 Lord Smith was Secretary…

Grange Park Opera’s Wasfi Kani Awarded CBE

Wasfi Kani, CEO / Founder of Grange Park Opera, Surrey, has been awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2021 New Year Honours list,…

Christmas with Opera Holland Park premieres tonight at 7pm: A virtual festive concert with a twist

Presented by Petroc Trelawny, Christmas with Opera Holland Park is a new film featuring the company’s principals and chorus in the beautiful interior of Leighton House, Kensington, and outside Holland House in…

ETO to bring Shostakovich, Britten and Tippett productions to Marquee TV on New Year’s Day

On new year’s day, English Touring Opera will launch a series of broadcasts on Marquee TV showcasing productions of music by Britten, Tippett and Shostakovich. The four-part series will launch…

Sky Arts to broadcast new documentary following Glyndebourne’s battle to ensure that the show could go on

A new documentary going behind-the-scenes of an extraordinary summer at Glyndebourne will be free for everyone to watch on Sky Arts on Sunday 20 December 2020. Glyndebourne: No Ordinary Summer tells the…

Aix Roars Back

After the propitious inauguration of Pierre Audi’s management of the Aix Festival in 2019 came the pandemic. The 2020 festival went up in Covid flames. The 2021 festival roars again…

Garsington Opera announces dates for the 2021 Season

Garsington Opera have announced dates for the 2021 Season. The digital brochure is available at: https://brochure.garsingtonopera.org/ Priority Booking for the 2021 Season is now open online for members of Garsington Opera.…

Richard Danielpour’s The Passion of Yeshua receives three GRAMMY award nominations

The NAXOS recording of Richard Danielpour’s The Passion of Yeshua received GRAMMY Award nominations for (1) Best Choral Performance, (2) Best Engineered Album, Classical, and (3) Best Contemporary Classical Composition.…

2021 GRAMMY award nominations

The nominees for the 2021 GRAMMY awards were announced today. Here is the list of nominess for Best Opera Recording, Best Choral Performance, and Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: 76.…