United Kingdom Mastersingers 25th Anniversary – 2024 Carole Rees Awards: St John’s Waterloo, London, 5.10.2024. (JPr)
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Operalia 2024 in Mumbai: a mixed bag
India Operalia 2024: Various composers and soloists, Symphony Orchestra of India / Plácido Domingo and Kamal Khan (conductors), Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, 21.9.2024. (JSM)
Cellist Trey Lee performs Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires at Cadogan Hall on 30 September
Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires at Cadogan Hall, London, on 30 September 2024
Trey Lee, the Hong Kong-born, Berlin-based cellist of international renown, performs his original arrangement of Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires at Cadogan Hall, London, on 30 September 2024 with the English Chamber Orchestra for its 2024-25 season-opening concert.
English National Ballet’s Swan Lake in-the-round in cinemas from October 30
English National Ballet’s breathtaking Swan Lake in-the-round will delight cinema audiences this Autumn in selected cinemas from Wednesday October 30 2024
Every seat is $11 or ‘pick your price’ at Opera Philadelphia this season
Anthony Roth Costanzo’s $11 a ticket or ‘Pick your Price’ initiative at Opera Philadelphia in 2024-2025
Carnegie Hall’s new podcast series ‘If This Hall Could Talk’
Carnegie Hall launches ‘If This Hall Could Talk’ – a podcast series exploring its rich history and lore
Artistic Director Cameron Menzies and baritone Yuriy Yurchuk talk about Northern Ireland Opera
Robert Beattie in conversation with Cameron Menzies, Artistic Director of Northern Ireland Opera, and baritone Yuriy Yurchuk
I have been reviewing Northern Ireland Opera’s productions for some years (links to some of my reviews can be found here). I have been struck both by the very high quality and infinite variety of their productions. They have produced a string of more conventional operatic productions, including La bohème, La traviata and Tosca which have received glowing reviews from the Press. Opera Magazine commented: ‘Northern Ireland Opera’s La traviata suggests that the artistic director Cameron Menzies has at long last realised the region’s ambition to have a grand opera company truly deserving of the name.’
Southbank Sinfonia at St John’s Smith Square rebrands as Sinfonia Smith Square
Southbank Sinfonia at St John’s Smith Square enters a new era as it announces rebrand to Sinfonia Smith Square
The newly rebranded Sinfonia Smith Square marks the start of an exciting new chapter in the organisation’s history. In April 2021, the renowned venue St John’s Smith Square merged with the much-loved Southbank Sinfonia to become one organisation, Southbank Sinfonia at St John’s Smith Square.
Now, in June 2024, the merged organisation is relaunching as Sinfonia Smith Square.