Len Mullinger: an appreciation by John Quinn

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Bristol Beacon 2025/26 Orchestral Season
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) – Sir Stephen Hough (piano) – 2 October
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Vasily Petrenko (conductor) – 16 October
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) – Jess Gillam (saxophone) – 6 November
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra – Osmo Vänskä (conductor) – Helena Juntunen (soprano) – 20 November
Manchester Collective & The Marian Consort – 5 December
London Symphony Orchestra – Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) – Antoine Tamestit (viola) – 13 December
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) – Elizabeth Watts (soprano) – 3 January
ENGLISH TOURING OPERA ANNOUNCE FOUR AMBITIOUS NEW PRODUCTIONS AND MORE FOR 2025-26 SEASON

Autumn 2025 – 27 September – 22 November 2025
Spring 2026 – 20 March – 21 May 2026
Autumn 2025 – ETO presents new productions of Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love and Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia
Spring 2026 – the tour opens in Sheffield for the first time, featuring ETO’s debut production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers, alongside Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci
Chelsea Opera Group present a 75th Anniversary Concert

Verdi’s Macbeth – a concert performance in Italian, with English surtitles
Sunday 30th November 2025 at 5pm, Cadogan Hall, London
Pre-concert talk at 3.45pm with Dr Flora Wilson (free to ticketholders)
Due to popular demand, Melania The Opera additional performance added at the Cockpit Theatre for the 2025 Tête à Tête Opera Festival
Thursday 25th September & Thursday 2nd October 9pm

Sven Helbig’s REQUIEM A celebrates its UK premiere at Central Hall Westminster on 4 October, 2025, featuring René Pape, the London Contemporary Orchestra, and four European choirs.


Jakub Hrůša leads special concert to mark the start of his tenure as Music Director of The Royal Opera
Special concert welcoming new Music Director Jakub Hrůša sees Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus perform centre stage
Concert showcases the Orchestra’s credentials with programme of Bartók’s Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin and The Spectre’s Bride by Dvořák
Kateřina Kněžíková, Pavol Kubáň make their Royal Opera debuts, alongside Pavel Černoch
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