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Chelsea Opera Group in 2024-2025 begin with a Puccini Centenary Concert on 2nd November

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Chelsea Opera Group announce their 2024-2025 season Puccini Centenary Concert Sunday 2nd November 2024, 7pm, Cadogan Hall, London Puccini – Capriccio sinfonico; Messa di Gloria; Le villi 5.45pm pre-concert talk (free to ticket holders) Conductor – Peter Robinson Featuring the Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra and Chorus and soloists – Stephen Gadd, Seljan Fermor- Hesketh and Charne … Read more

Operalia 2024 in Mumbai: a mixed bag

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IndiaIndia 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)

Conductors Plácido Domingo and Kamal Khan and participants of Operalia 2024

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Regents Opera’s two full Ring cycles at Bethnal Green’s York Hall in February/March 2025

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The ‘End of the World’ will go ahead, as plucky Regents Opera forge onwards to complete opera’s epic undertaking, Wagner’s full Ring cycle

As larger houses around the world are forced to stop after the third instalment, Regents Opera navigates obstacles to ensure its full cycle will go ahead in February 2025.

Ben Woodward completes the biggest undertaking of the cycle so far, the distillation of Götterdämmerung.

The full Ring cycle transfers to a new venue, York Hall in Bethnal Green.

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Kent’s Music@Malling returns – 20-28 September 2024

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Celebrating new commissions and unlikely connections and bringing world-class musicians into the heart of the community, Music@Malling returns with an enriched programme for audiences in the Kent community and beyond, exploring six centuries of music.

An eclectic programme spans the Renaissance through to the music of our time and runs from 20th-28th September 2024, Music@Malling presents an innovative programme of concerts and outreach held in historic venues in an area of outstanding natural beauty and fascinating heritage.

Featured contemporary composers include Deborah Pritchard, Brian Elias, Gavin Bryars, John Woolrich, Sir George Benjamin, Stephen McNeff and Alec Roth who will introduce their works and place them into their musical context.

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The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2024-2025 season

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The Cleveland Orchestra’s 107th season

Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

The Cleveland Orchestra will launch its 107th season on 19 and 22 September with the return of Franz Welser-Möst conducting Prokofiev’s ‘Classical’ Symphony, Schumann’s Violin Concerto with Frank Peter Zimmermann and Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony. It is Welser-Möst’s twenty-third season at the helm of the orchestra, and the programs are typical of the unexpected juxtapositions and contrasts that have been a feature of his tenure here. Many more such combinations lie ahead.

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Oxford International Song Festival 2024 – 11 to 26 October

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Oxford International Song Festival
Cities of Song: People, Places, Music
11 to 26 October 2024

The UK’s largest song festival, now in its 23rd year, features 70 events over 16 days.

World premiere includes a unique reimagining of the Bhagavad Gita by Indian-American composer Reena Esmail.  

A headline series of evening song recitals is complemented by a wide range of other events, including chamber and choral music, talks, tours, masterclasses, and more.

With tickets starting at £7, several free events, £10 tickets for under-35s at every event, and a choice of discounts and concessionary rates, the Festival is accessible to all.

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