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Regents Opera’s London performances of Die Walküre this May

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Regents Opera presents a bold re-imagining of Die Walküre, the second instalment in Wagner’s epic Ring cycle

Die Walküre stars Catharine Woodward as Brünnhilde, Keel Watson as Wotan and Brian Smith Walters as Siegmund

The action returns to The Grand Temple, Freemasons’ Hall, Covent Garden, May 2023 – Sunday 21st, Tuesday 23rd, Saturday 27th

FOR A REVIEW OF THE 21 MAY PERFORMANCE CLICK HERE

This ground-breaking adaptation is performed in the round and specially arranged for a 21-piece orchestra, conducted by Ben Woodward

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English National Ballet’s Cinderella in-the-round returns to the Royal Albert Hall in June 2023

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English National Ballet’s Cinderella in-the-round at Royal Albert Hall Thursday from 15 – Sunday 25 June 2023

For full information and to book tickets CLICK HERE

English National Ballet returns to Royal Albert Hall from 15 – 25 June 2023 to present Cinderella in-the-round by award winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon.

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June 2023: Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts The Met Orchestra in Paris, London, and Baden-Baden

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The Met Orchestra to embark on international tour in June 2023, its first in more than 20 years

Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin to lead orchestra with stops in Paris, London, and Baden-Baden

Concerts to feature Met stars Angel Blue, Joyce DiDonato, and Russell Thomas

Works include Act IV of Verdi’s Otello, selections from Berlioz’s Les Troyens, and music by Bernstein, Matthew Aucoin, and Tchaikovsky

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Bampton Classical Opera in 2023

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BAMPTON CLASSICAL OPERA 2023: 30TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

SUMMER PRODUCTION – UK première Antonio Salieri’s ‘At the Venice Fair’ (La fiera di Venezia) (1772)
The Deanery Garden, Bampton, Oxfordshire: 21, 22 July; Westonbirt School, Gloucestershire: 28 August; St John’s Smith Square, London: 13 September

Exhibition of costumes, props and artefacts celebrating 30 years of Bampton Classical Opera: Bampton Community Archive, Old Grammar School, Church View, Bampton OX18 2NE – 13 June-6 August, every day 10-4pm, admission free, with accompanying book for sale written by Jeremy Gray.

F J Haydn double-bill ‘The Diva’/’The Apothecary’ – 15 June, 6.30pm
The Northern Aldborough Festival 2023: St. Andrew’s Church, Aldborough, YO51 9ER

F J Haydn’s ‘The Apothecary’ – 9 September.
The Barn at Old Walland, Wadhurst, East Sussex TN5 6LU

Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers’ Competition 2023
Public Final 25th November: The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College, Oxford, OX2 6UD

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The Royal Opera House in 2023-2024

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Public booking opens for The Royal Opera House’s 2023/24 season opens on Wednesday 2 August

Further information is available by clicking here

The Royal Opera House 2023/24 Season is a bold programme of thrilling new work, UK premieres and much-loved revivals, alongside the biggest national learning programme in our history, exciting new regional partnerships, and a host of daytime events, behind the scenes tours, exhibitions and artistic Insights at our home in the heart of Covent Garden.  

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Nicola Benedetti’s announces her first Edinburgh International Festival programme

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Festival Director Nicola Benedetti launches the 2023 Edinburgh International Festival – 4-27 AUGUST 2023

Festival Director Nicola Benedetti launches the 2023 Edinburgh International Festival © Mihaela Bodlovic

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General booking for the 2023 International Festival opens on Wednesday 3 May, with tickets currently on-sale to Members and supporters.

New Festival Director Nicola Benedetti’s first Edinburgh International Festival programme is revealed.

Benedetti sets out a vision for the 2023 Festival to deliver the deepest possible experience, with the highest quality performances, to the broadest possible audience.

Following the Festival’s 75th anniversary, under the direction of a new Festival Director, this year’s programme is themed around the question ‘where do we go from here?’.

Comprising 295 separate events from 4-27 August, Edinburgh International Festival 2023 features work from over 2000 local and international artists from across 48 nations.

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The London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2023-2024

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The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2023/24 London season

Key highlights:

The Music in You – a festival celebrating the creativity that is in us all and embraces all kinds of artistic expression and art forms including dance, music, theatre and audience participation as well as pieces for mobile phones and metronomes

Tania León’s inaugural season as Composer-in-Residence including a world premiere

Principal Conductor Edward Gardner opens the season with Mahler’s Symphony No.2 (Resurrection) and later in the season conducts Holst’s The Planets and Stravinsky’s Petrushka

Conductor Emeritus Vladimir Jurowski closes the season with the long-awaited conclusion of his Wagner Ring Cycle: Götterdämmerung

Principal Guest Conductor Karina Canellakis conducts Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 and Brahms’s Symphony No. 4

We welcome the LPO’s two inaugural Fellow Conductors: Luís Castillo-Briceño and Charlotte Politi

New works by Daniel Kidane and Francisco Coll and UK premieres from Victoria Vita Polevá, Luís Tinoco and John Williams

The LPO welcomes back Anne-Sophie Mutter, Renée Fleming, Robin Ticciati, Paavo Järvi, Christian Tetzlaff and Danielle de Niese, amongst others

Artists making their debut with the Orchestra include conductors Jonathon Heyward, Tianyi Lu and Oksana Lyniv, pianist Julian Joseph, accordionist João Barradas and organist Anna Lapwood

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