Saffron Opera Group presents Wagner’s Tannhäuser
Superb cast of rising stars and established singers
14:30 – Sunday, 11 September 2022
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The Journey about the refugee experience has its stage premiere at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2022
A New Opera about the Refugee Experience
Marianna Suri and Jeremy Gill present The Journey
The staged premiere of The Journey, a new opera inspired by the ongoing refugee crisis, will take place on the final day of Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2022 on 11 September. The Journey was composed for the Citizens of the World Choir, an amateur choir of refugees and asylum seekers that hail from all over the world, current Jette Parker Young Artist Chuma Sijeqa, and soprano Marianna Suri.
Gilbert & Sullivan returns to Buxton, Harrogate and Great Malvern in 2022
The 28th International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival With the Covid restrictions well behind us we can look forward to a return of the International G&S Festival to be held at Buxton (30 July – 6 August), Harrogate (10 – 21 August) and Great Malvern (8 – 10 September). The events promise to be even better … Read more
Bampton Classical Opera’s September performances of Handel’s Clori, Tirsi e Fileno
BAMPTON CLASSICAL OPERA 2022 – G F Handel’s Clori, Tirsi e Fileno (1707) Performances: 3 September, 7pm: Old Walland, Wadhurst, Sussex, TN5 6LU 11 September, 3pm: Weald Manor, Bampton, Oxfordshire, OX18 2HQ 24 September, 4pm: Summer at Breinton, Woking, Surrey, GU22 0RD Libretto: anonymous, English translation by Gilly French Conductor: Julian Perkins Bampton Classical Player This autumn Bampton … Read more
Concerto Budapest visits the UK in 6-12 June 2022
Debut concert tour by Concerto Budapest, one of Hungary’s finest orchestras
Concerto Budapest, one of Hungary’s finest symphony orchestras, is set to add a significant new chapter to its long and distinguished history when it makes its UK debut this summer. The 80-strong ensemble and its charismatic Chief Conductor and Artistic Director András Keller will perform works from the core of their repertoire at six of Britain’s leading concert halls.
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and Switzerland’s visiting orchestras in 2022-23
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich – Season preview 2022-23 The Tonhalle Orchestra has announced details of its concerts next season. Artists ‘in focus’ will be Emmanuel Pahud and Fazil Say, Creative Chair will be Toshio Hosokawa. Paavo Järvi will continue recording his Bruckner cycle, this season it will the grand Symphony No.8. The Mendelssohn cycle is virtually complete, … Read more
HGO’s new double-bill of Venus and Adonis and Dido and Aeneas at The Cockpit Theatre starts 20 May
John Blow – Venus and Adonis
Henry Purcell – Dido and Aeneas
The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH
20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28 May at 19.30: 22, 29 May at 16.00
seats selling now…. for tickets (click here)
The Essex Summer Opera Festival – 7 to 10 July 2022
New world-class opera festival comes to East Anglia This summer, a new inclusive, sustainability-minded opera festival will launch at Layer Marney Tower, one of England’s finest Tudor Palaces. The Essex Summer Opera Festival (7-10 July 2022) is a three-day event welcoming seasoned opera fans and newcomers alike for a weekend of affordable, international quality live … Read more