Kasper Holten, Director of Opera at The Royal Opera House, to Leave in March 2017
09/12/2015
KASPER HOLTEN, DIRECTOR OF OPERA AT THE ROYAL OPERA, TO LEAVE IN MARCH 2017
Alex Beard, Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House, announced this morning that Kasper Holten, Director of Opera at The Royal Opera, will be leaving the Company at the end of March 2017. The search to find his successor will begin in the New Year.
Kasper Holten
Three Choirs Festival Tercentenary Concludes at Buckingham Palace
01/12/2015
Three Choirs Festival Tercentenary Concludes at Buckingham Palace
Three Choirs Festival at Buckingham Palace © Paul Burns
2015 marked the 300th anniversary of what is almost certainly the world’s oldest music festival, the Three Choirs Festival. The anniversary has been celebrated in style. In June members of the Festival Chorus travelled to Hamm in Germany to sing The Dream of Gerontius. The Festival itself was held in Hereford during the last week in July and many of the major events of a very successful week were reviewed by MusicWeb International Seen and Heard. The final event in the celebratory year occurred on 24 November with a gala performance in the Ballroom of Buckingham Palace, attended by HRH The Prince of Wales, President of the Three Choirs Festival. Read more
Saffron Hall and Britten Sinfonia Announce New Partnership
18/11/2015
Saffron Hall and Britten Sinfonia Announce New Partnership
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Saffron Opera Group to Perform Wagner’s Ring Starting in January 2016
18/11/2015
Saffron Opera Group to perform Wagner’s Ring Cycle
A heroic project of extraordinary ambition is soon to be realized when Saffron Opera Group performs Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Saffron Hall.
Saffron Hall
NCEM Hosts First Major Emerging European Ensembles Residency in the UK
17/11/2015
NCEM Hosts First Major Emerging European Ensembles Residency in the UK
The National Centre for Early Music (NCEM), one of the eight major partner organisations from across the European Community, welcomes the innovative young French ensemble, Les Contre-Sujets to York in November 2015 for the first residency in a four year programme funded by Creative Europe – the EEEmerging: Emerging European Ensembles project.
NCEM at St Margaret’s Church
Bampton Classical Opera Announces Young Singers’ Competition Winner
16/11/2015
Bampton Classical Opera Announces Young Singers’ Competition Winner
Bampton Classical Opera has just announced that the winner of the 2015 Young Singers’ Competition is Russian soprano Galina Averina, and the runner-up Welsh soprano Céline Forrest. The decision was reached after an exciting final on Saturday 14th November at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford. The adjudicators were tenor Bonaventura Bottone, and conductors Andrew Parrott and Peter Robinson, who is also a vocal coach at the Royal Academy of Music. Galina is awarded £1,500, and Céline £500. Read more
2016 UK Tour Dates for Carlos Acosta’s A Classical Farewell
11/11/2015
Carlos Acosta – A Classical Selection
London Coliseum, St. Martin’s Lane, WC2N
Tuesday 8 – Sunday 13 December 2015
Performances: Tues – Sat at 7.30pm, Sun at 5pm
Tickets: £19 – £90
Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com /
020 7845 9300 or www.eno.org Read more
Interview with Bertrand Chamayou
04/11/2015
INTERVIEW WITH BERTRAND CHAMAYOU
Bertrand Chamayou (c) Marco Borggreve
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