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Festival de Música dos Capuchos 2022 Beginning in 1980 the Festival de Música dos Capuchos was a major event on the international landscape. After a silence of two decades, the Festival was reborn in 2021 in a beautiful monastery in Almada across the Tagus River from Lisbon, with the hall at the University of Lisbon’s … Read more
The 2022 Louth Contemporary Music Festival Every year, the Louth Contemporary Music Society runs a mid-summer Festival in Dundalk in the Republic of Ireland which is dedicated to contemporary Classical music. The Festival returns to in-person performances this year on 17 and 18 June, after a 3-year gap and an online iteration last year. The … Read more
András Keller answers Gregor Tassie’s questions Gregor Tassie: The last two years have been intensely difficult for musicians worldwide, how did the pandemic affect your musicians and what did you do to bring music to your audiences? András Keller: In the first three months of the pandemic, we remained partially silent, as I’m not a … Read more
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 – 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
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
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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
Deutsche Oper’s new Ring on the platform beginning 13 May 2022
Acclaimed production by director Stefan Herheim with music director Sir Donald Runnicles features Nina Stemme, Clay Hilley and outstanding cast of world-class singers.