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English National Ballet in 2025-26 and other recent news

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English National Ballet announces its 2025-2026 Season 

English National Ballet offers a diverse programme of work, opening up the possibilities of ballet
Company to perform works by Martha Graham and Crystal Pite for the first time
World premiere from rising choreographic talent, Kameron N. Saunders
Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty revived with national tour and first Royal Albert Hall performances
Increased national touring as ENB takes innovative, new programme to Theatre Royal Plymouth
Akram Khan’s Giselle marks 10th anniversary with first performances at the London Coliseum
Extensive programme of creative health, learning and participation offered throughout the season

For more information and to book tickets  CLICK HERE.

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Oxford Opera Company stage Puccini’s Tosca at Oxford Playhouse – 28 & 29 March

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Oxford Opera Company’s TOSCA at the OXFORD PLAYHOUSE
Friday 28 & Saturday 29 March 2025 

Oxford Playhouse is excited to announce a brand-new production of Puccini’s iconic opera Tosca, presented by Oxford Opera Company.

Following the success of their 2022 production of The Magic Flute, the company will return to The Playhouse stage on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 March with a fresh take on Puccini’s classic opera. The brand-new production will be sung in English and will feature a new translation commissioned exclusively for the company.  

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Hamburg State Opera’s 2025-26 season

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[l-r] Dr Ralf Klöter, Tobias Kratzer, Dr Carsten Brosda, Omer Meir Wellber, and Demis Volpi © Kiran West

‘No risk, no fun’
2025/26 season at Hamburgische Staatsoper under new leadership team

For full details and how to book tickets CLICK HERE

A new generation of leaders takes over at Hamburg State Opera, all in their early to mid-forties: artistic director Tobias Kratzer, general music director Omer Meir Wellber, and Demis Volpi, artistic director of the ballet company (appointed in the summer of 2024). Managing director Dr Ralf Klöter praised their ability to achieve balance of continuity and new departure, while Dr Carsten Brosda, the city state of Hamburg’s senator for culture and media, emphasised how much Hamburg’s citizens were looking forward to the developments at their opera house. Indicative of the collaborative spirit of the season, the opera, ballet and concert departments gave a joint press conference, and their season is represented in a single combined brochure.

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Rick Perdian in conversation with tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Julius Drake

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Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake discuss Schubert’s Winterreise and their decades-long musical partnership

Tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Julian Drake

Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake bring their renowned interpretation of Schubert’s Winterreise to New York’s Kaufmann Concert Hall at 92NY on 5 March 2025. Their North American tour takes them to Montreal, Boston and Baltimore, but only New York audiences will experience their masterful performance of Schubert’s great song cycle.

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The Brentwood School’s International Music Competition launches in 2025

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Brentwood School proudly announces the launch of the First Brentwood International Music Competition, a landmark initiative designed to attract and celebrate the world’s most talented young musicians. This exciting new venture marks a significant milestone for the school’s Specialist Music Programme, which has already demonstrated exceptional promise in its inaugural term.

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Stephen Williamson premieres Christopher Theofanidis’s clarinet concerto with the CSO on 6 March

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From friendship to music: Stephen Williamson premieres Christopher Theofanidis’s clarinet concerto at the CSO

Stephen Williamson © Todd Rosenberg

On a summer day in 2022, Stephen Williamson stood outside with his clarinet in Aspen, Colorado. Surrounded by an endless blue sky, mountains and the sun, Williamson – the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s principal clarinetist – worked through intricate passages of a new concerto. Its composer, Christopher Theofanidis, was there with Williamson, shaping the music in real time. ‘Playing it outside in the fresh air, with the mountains around us, brought a whole new dimension to the sound’, Williamson recalls.

After almost three years of anticipation – due in part to an unexpected health setback – Williamson is finally set to premiere the concerto, Indigo Heaven, which was written specifically for him.

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