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Bregenz Festival 2019
This year’s Bregenz Festival (the 74th in its history) brings us, as its main open-air opera, Verdi’s Rigoletto. There will be 25 performances starting on 17th July and ending on 18th August. Massenet’s Don Quichotte is also showcased, with just three performances inside the Festspielhaus, on 18th, 21st and 29th July.
SERGEI POLUNIN & JOHAN KOBBORG STAR IN A NEW MIXED BILL
AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM OPENING 28 MAY 2019
PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED INCLUDING WORLD PREMIERE OF ‘RASPUTIN’
International ballet stars Sergei Polunin and Johan Kobborg will perform in a new mixed programme at the London Palladium from 28 May to 1 June 2019. The programme on 28, 29 and 30 May will feature three one-act ballets: Fraudulent Smile, Paradox and Sacré. The programme on 31 May and 1 June will feature the world premiere of Rasputin.
English National Ballet is pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 Emerging Dancer Award is Julia Conway.
Having performed the Flames of Paris pas de deux with partner Rentaro Nakaaki and Untitled Code, a solo by choreographed by Rambert dancer Miguel Altunaga, Julia Conway was announced as winner on stage at Sadler’s Wells – and livestreamed to audiences across the world on Tuesday 7 May 2019 – by Artistic Director of English National Ballet, Tamara Rojo.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra launches centenary celebrations with ambitious 2019-2020 season
Full season details CLICK HERE
2019 Elgar Festival: 30 May – 2 June 2019
Festivals abound in the UK and here’s another one and one specific to a composer with an international reputation yet inextricably associated with England and Wales and with the city of his birth. Straddling the end of May and the start of June this year the City of Worcester and the English Symphony Orchestra hold the 2019 Elgar Festival.
English Music Festival – Friday 24 May to Monday 27 May 2019
Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story
Sadler’s Wells, EC1R 4TN
Monday 6 May 2019 at 6pm
Tickets: £25
Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com
15th Musikfest Berlin from 30 August to 19 September 2019
Musikfest Berlin 2019: Hector Berlioz and European Modernism
Musikfest Berlin, hosted by Berliner Festspiele in cooperation with the Foundation Berliner Philharmoniker, has published its programme.