Communications
The 2017 Glyndebourne Tour arrives in Canterbury with a satisfying Così fan tutte
Hytner’s elegant production is a smooth slow-burner: everything unfolds with subtlety and...
Richard Jones’s Rodelinda returns to ENO
An indignant sense of unjust usurpation was probably just as prevalent in Hanoverian London...
Amusing Old Movie Becomes Engrossing New Opera
In it he replaced the spoken words of the film with recitative, arioso, aria, and an occasional...
The Genius of Purcell: Carolyn Sampson and The King’s Consort at the Wigmore Hall
Framed at the centre of the platform by bass violist Reiko Ichise and theorbo player Lynda Sayce,...
Hans Werner Henze : Kammermusik 1958
A landmark recording because it reflects the Scharoun Ensemble's years of experience with Henze...
Classical Opera/The Mozartists celebrate 20 years of music-making
Haydn’s ‘Representation of Chaos’ from The Creation was a fitting opener, presenting as it does...
Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers’ Competition 2017
The previous winners were mezzo-soprano Anna Starushkevych (2013) and soprano Galina Averina...
Peter Kellner announced as winner of 2018 Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera Voice Fellowship
The following evening, on Friday 6 October, IO presented its inaugural Voice Scholars’ recital,...
Back to Baroque and to the battle lines with English Touring Opera
Romeo and Juliet, Rinaldo and Armida, Ramadès and Aida: love thwarted by warring countries and...