Spain Bellini, La sonnambula: Soloists, Liceu Chorus (conductor: Pablo Assante) and Orchestra / Lorenzo Passerini (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 5.5.2025. (JMI)
Nadine Sierra is superb in Bellini’s La sonnambula at the Liceu
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in 2025-26
Awe-inspiring live music for everyone: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra announces performances across the South West Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth conducts 22 performances across the season including Basingstoke, Bristol, Exeter, Fareham, Poole, Sherborne and Taunton. Works by the Orchestra’s Celebrated Composer, Dani Howard, feature in 15 performances. Jess Gillam performs the UK premiere of Howard’s Saxophone Concerto in Bristol and Poole. Roderick Williams OBE becomes the Orchestra’s Artist-in-Residence, with … Read more
Oxford International Song Festival: 10 to 25 October 2025
Oxford International Song Festival – Stories in Song Oxford International Song Festival announces a thrilling and ambitious fortnight of song, with storytelling at its heart. Across 67 events, audiences can explore stories in many different forms, from fairytales and ballads to the human and artistic relationships behind the songs, to the developing stories of national … Read more
Sir Antonio Pappano The Royal Opera’s first Conductor Laureate
Sir Antonio Pappano becomes first Conductor Laureate of The Royal Opera Following a magnificent 22-year tenure as Music Director, Sir Antonio Pappano today becomes the first Conductor Laureate of The Royal Opera, effective immediately. The title recognises his incredible legacy as the longest serving Music Director in Covent Garden history, conducting over 700 performances from … Read more
A Vienna Lohengrin that demanded to be heard and was also worth seeing
Austria Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Extra Chorus, and Choir Academy, Stage Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Vienna State Opera, Vienna, 1.5.2025 (MB)
Scottish Opera’s Hollywood version of The Merry Widow is an entertaining and vibrant show
United Kingdom Lehár, The Merry Widow: Soloists, The Chorus of The Merry Widow and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor). Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 4.5.2025. (GT)
Eye-catching Tristan und Isolde heads for space at the Staatstheater Cottbus
Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Philharmonic Orchestra of Staatstheater Cottbus / Alexander Merzyn (conductor). Staatstheater Cottbus, 4.5.2025. (DM-D)
Quatuor Danel’s rare opportunity to hear two Weinberg String Quartets at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Weinberg, Shostakovich: Quatuor Danel (Marc Danel, Gilles Millet [violins], Vlad Bogdanas [viola], Yovan Markovitch [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 6.5.2025. (CC)
