The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra remembers the late Christopher Gunning on 10 March 2024

Composer Christopher Gunning Remembered in Concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra hosted by Poirot Actor Philip Jackson

Christopher Gunning © Julie Edwards

On Sunday 10 March 2024, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra presents a concert dedicated to the memory of composer Christopher Gunning at London’s Cadogan Hall to raise funds for Help Musicians.

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Shostakovich Festival Leipzig 2025 – 15 May to 1 June

Shostakovich Festival Leipzig 2025

Shostakovich’s music has much in common with Beethoven and Mahler by sharing in their creativity the ideals of humanity, freedom and justice. It is no coincidence that Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony was composed like Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony during a time when Vienna and Leningrad were under siege. It is for the shared values of human dignity entwined in their magnificently expressive scores that more and more people are drawn to their music.

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English Touring Opera in Spring 2024

English Touring Opera presents new productions of Manon Lescaut and The Rake’s Progress for Spring 2024 tour (24 February – 28 May 2024)

  • New English translation of Manon Lescaut by director Jude Christian
  • New productions and opera for children, The Great Stink, to reach thousands of people in more than 20 towns and cities across the country

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Regents Opera present Siegfried in London’s Freemasons’ Hall on 4, 7 and 10 February 2024

Regents Opera forge forward with the third instalment of their ambitious Ring cycle –
Siegfried

Peter Furlong stars as Siegfried alongside Catharine Woodward as Brünnhilde and Holden Madagame as Mime.

Ralf Lukas takes up the role of the Wanderer following the untimely passing of Keel Watson.

The story of the Ring continues in The Grand Temple, Freemasons’ Hall, Covent Garden, February 2024 – Sunday 4th, Wednesday 7th, Saturday 10th.

This innovative production is performed in the round and specially arranged for a 23-piece orchestra, conducted by Ben Woodward.

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Saffron Opera Group’s Le nozze di Figaro at Saffron Hall on 25 February 2024

SAFFRON OPERA GROUP IN THEIR TENTH ANNIVERSARY SEASON PRESENT MOZART’S SPARKLING COMEDY LE NOZZE DI FIGARO with a cast of internationally renowned stars and rising talents on Sunday 25 February 2024, at 2.30pm

After a dazzling and highly lauded performance of Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier earlier in 2023, Saffron Opera Group (SOG) now turns its attention to the comedy which provided a major source of inspiration for Strauss: Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. Having already had huge success with Così fan tutte and Don Giovanni, SOG thus now completes the cycle of the of the three ‘Da Ponte Operas’ (so named after their librettist Lorenzo da Ponte) and is delighted to announce the return of many audience-favourite singers – and some shining new talents – to their cast.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra concludes its 2023-24 season

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra continues its 2023/24 season, which is supported by Season Sponsor Investec and filled with symphonic performances across the South West and beyond.

Kirill Karabits © Mark Allan

Highlights include performances under the baton of Chief Conductor Kirill Karabits in his final season, which concludes in a three-week celebration of music that both reflects on his tenure to date and the BSO’s ongoing commitment to repertoire from Karabits’s native Ukraine and its surrounding regions.

Kirill Karabits celebrates his 15-year tenure as Chief Conductor following a sensational relationship lasting a decade and a half. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s final season with Kirill Karabits as Chief Conductor began last autumn and sees the BSO celebrate a broad range of repertoire with Karabits, from the symphonies of Brahms, Bruckner and Borodin to rarities including a concert performance of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta (8 May).

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