Chelsea Opera Group are pleased to announce their 2023-24 season of opera in concert at the Cadogan Hall
Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera
Sunday 22nd October 2023 6.30pm – Cadogan Hall
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Fully restored CALLAS – PARIS, 1958 is exclusively in cinemas during November and December
Celebrating Maria Callas’s Centenary, her historical performance is fully restored for the first time in colour exclusively for the big screen
CALLAS – PARIS, 1958
Released in the UK and Ireland 11-12 November 2023
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(P)REVIEWED HERE
Director and Producer – Tom Volf
Production and Restoration – Samuel Francois-Steininger
International Distribution – Piece of Magic Entertainment
Runtime – 90 minutes
Christian Thielemann to become new General Music Director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Christian Thielemann to succeed Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden
At its meeting today, the Board of Trustees of the Berlin Opera Foundation approved the contract with Christian Thielemann as General Music Director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden from September 1, 2024. Thielemann succeeds Daniel Barenboim, who is an honorary citizen of Berlin.
The 18th International Malcolm Arnold Festival 2023 – live and livestreamed in October
The 18th International Malcolm Arnold Festival 2023
14 -15 October – Live in Northampton
29 October – Online Day (livestream from around the UK)
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Creative Scotland declines to fund this year’s Lammermuir Festival
Lammermuir Festival faces future challenge head-on as Creative Scotland turns it down for funding in 2023
Lammermuir Festival has been turned down by Creative Scotland’s Open Fund for funding towards this year’s festival. Over a period of 40 weeks the festival lodged three applications having been strongly encouraged by Creative Scotland officials to re-apply twice. Each application was strongly recommended for funding by the Music Department at Creative Scotland, particularly as a key part of a network of festivals across the country including East Neuk, Paxton, Cumnock Tryst and St Magnus. Each application has been turned down by assessment panels, the last notification being on 22 August, just sixteen days before the 2023 festival opened.
Japan Society’s upcoming concert series: ‘John Cage’s Japan’
Japan Society’s John Cage’s Japan In 2012, the world celebrated John Cage’s hundredth birthday. ‘World’ is a vague term that risks meaning North America and Europe when used with bravado from a Western musical perspective. But it is no exaggeration to say that John Cage held worldwide notoriety far beyond the New York City of post-World … Read more
Barcelona Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Pablo Casals Memorial Concert on 5 October
PABLO CASALS MEMORIAL CONCERT: 5 OCTOBER 2023 7.30pm
(50th Anniversary of the passing of Pablo Casals)
BARCELONA YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / LAURA PERIBAÑEZ ARTERO (cello) / CARLOS CHECA (conductor)
Programme:
Casals – Sardana ‘Sant Martí del Canigó’
Granados – Goyescas – Intermezzo
Bruch – Kol Nidrei
Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68
Tippet Rise Art Center’s summer season 2023
Tippet Rise – where music, art and nature combine to nourish the soul There are no bounds to Lindsey Hinmon’s enthusiasm when describing what makes Tippet Rise Art Center such a magical place. She and her husband, Pete, are its co-directors, tasked with running an art center situated in a 12,500-acre working ranch – a … Read more