Snape Proms 2018 from 1 August
20/07/2018
SNAPE PROMS 2018: 1 – 31 AUGUST
Full listings and tickets online at www.snapemaltings.co.uk |Tel: 01728 687110 Read more
Oxford Chamber Music Festival October 2018
19/07/2018
World-renowned Oxford Chamber Music Festival heading in exciting new directions
ELEMENTS
October 3 – 7 October
Philip Pullman ‘The festival is a national treasure’ Read more
Saffron Opera Group Presents Parsifal in Saffron Walden on 16 September
11/07/2018
SAFFRON OPERA GROUP CONTINUES WAGNERIAN TRIUMPHS
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ENSEMBLE PRESENTS PARSIFAL
FOR SEEN AND HEARD’S REVIEW CLICK HERE
REVIEWS OF THE RING CYCLE
‘Saffron Opera is now a major Wagnerian force’ (Wagner News)
‘Intellectually as well as emotionally engaging… shattering’ (Operissima.org)
‘The whole performance seemed to transcend itself’ (The Guardian)
After triumphant performances of the Ring Cycle and Die Meistersinger – which have been hailed in the national press as some of the UK’s most ambitious and successful British Wagnerian events of the last decade – Saffron Opera Group now turns its attention to Wagner’s final masterpiece: Parsifal. The performance will take place on 16 September 16 in Saffron Hall. Read more
UPDATED! Zurich Opera in 2018/2019 and Beyond
01/07/2018
Zurich Opera have announced details of next season
Zurich Opera House
Updated 2 July: Musical Chairs at Zurich Opera – New General Music Director from 2021
Zurich Opera has announced today that its current General Music Director, Fabio Luisi, will leave by mutual agreement as from the start of 2021/2022 season, one year before his contract officially expires.
His successor will be Gianandrea Noseda. Noseda and Luisi are roughly the same age, coming up to 60 in a few years. Read more
The 2018 Harrogate International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival
23/06/2018
Harrogate International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, August 2018
Margaret Keys in Concert on 26 June and her New ‘The Gift of Music’ CD
22/06/2018
IRISH SOPRANO MARGARET KEY’S ‘THE GIFT OF MUSIC’ CD
To coincide with the release today (22 June) of her new album ‘The Gift of Music’ Irish soprano Margaret Keys will perform on 26 June Live at Zedel, London. (She can also be seen on 15 August taking part in ‘An Audience with Michael Crawford’ at Guildhall, Cambridge.) Read more
Opera North’s Kiss Me, Kate Comes to the London Coliseum and Edinburgh
14/06/2018
Click here FOR THE LONDON COLISEUM OPENING NIGHT REVIEW!
AFTER LEEDS AN RAVENNA KISS ME, KATE NOW COMES TO LONDON AND EDINBURGH
Featuring an outstanding cast Opera North’s award-winning production of Cole Porter’s classic musical comedy, Kiss Me, Kate, come to the London Coliseum for a two-week run from 20 to 30 June, and moving to the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh from 4 to 7 July.
Kiss me, Kate (c) Guy Farrow
English National Ballet Emerging Dancer LIVE from London Coliseum on 11 June
07/06/2018
English National Ballet
Emerging Dancer LIVE
London Coliseum
Monday 11 June 2018
Performance at 7.30pm
Tickets: £12 – £35
Box office: 020 7845 9300 and www.ballet.org.uk/emerging
For an review of the live stream click here. Read more
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This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best.
In its own way, the Seven Words of Christ is just as sublime as the Stabat Mater.
This sensitive, dynamic recording is a joy, and may even constitute a revelation.
The pair exhibits a refined style on these illuminating performances.
A deeply affecting experience that ought to win the opera many new admirers.
'We're dealing with constantly changing regulations,' said conductor Sakari Oramo
