NEW! Hampstead Garden Opera Bring The Enchanted Pig to Highgate in November
17/10/2017
The Enchanted Pig by Jonathan Dove
Libretto by Alasdair Middleton
Nov 10th to 19th, 2017
Nov 10th to 19th, at Jacksons Lane Theatre in Highgate, Hampstead Garden Opera will present a magical new production of Jonathan Dove’s The Enchanted Pig, directed by Laura Attridge. This will be the company’s second Jonathan Dove opera, following on from their critically acclaimed 2013 production of Mansfield Park. Having been commissioned and first produced by the Young Vic, this captivating opera is a wonderful tapestry of musical and theatrical styles. Humorous yet touching, Dove has created a deeply lovable work which can be enjoyed by the whole family. Read more
NEW! Leeds Lieder’s Forthcoming Schubert Song Series in Leeds and Sheffield
11/10/2017
Schubert Song Series, University of Leeds
Held in the Clothworkers’ Centenary Concert Hall, and in association with the BBC New Generation Artists, Kathleen Ferrier Awards and Young Concert Artists Trust, the songs of Schubert are explored in a series that champions the finest young British-trained Lieder singers. Pre-concert talks will illuminate the programmes and explore Schubert’s song repertoire and that of his contemporaries. Masterclasses will be staged to work with student song duos. Read more
NEW! Svetlana Zakharova and Bolshoi Stars Bring Amore to the London Coliseum in November
09/10/2017
AMORE starring Svetlana Zakharova and stars of the Bolshoi
November 21th, 24th and 25th at 7.30pm
AMORE featuring Svetlana Zakharova in Francesca da Rimini (c) Roberto Ricci
NEW! Tom Green and Carol Ann Duffy’s The World’s Wife Premieres on 15 October in Cardiff
03/10/2017
Carol Ann Duffy’s The World’s Wife poetry collection becomes a chamber opera by trailblazing young composer Tom Green
World Premiere on Sun 15 Oct 2017, WNO’s Millennium Centre (Weston Studio), Cardiff
Up-and-coming British composer Tom Green’s first chamber opera The World’s Wife – based on Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s 1999 collection of poems of the same title – will receive its world première at Welsh National Opera’s Millennium Centre (Weston Studio) in Cardiff on Sunday 15 October 2017. The first performance will be followed by a six-date Welsh tour stopping in Brecon, Swansea, Holyhead, Aberystwyth, Caernarfon, and Milford Haven. Read more
UPDATED! English National Ballet’s 2017 – 2018 Autumn/Winter Season
23/09/2017
English National Ballet announces its 2017 – 2018 Autumn/Winter Season
Tamara Rojo and Lady Deborah MacMillan In Conversation, live from St Martins Lane
NEW! Contemporary Music from Manchester’s Psappha in 2017-18
15/09/2017
Psappha’s 2017-18 Season
Psappha, Manchester’s professional contemporary classical music ensemble, launches its 2017-18 season on 26 Octobe at Hallé St Peter’s, Ancoats, with two UK premières; Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Penelope and Molly Joyce’s Rave. Read more
NEW! I Musicanti’s ‘Alexandra and the Russians’ at St Johns Smith Square, 2017-18
21/08/2017
I Musicanti at St Johns Smith Square, 2017-18: ‘Alexandra and the Russians’
I Musicanti and their artistic director Leon Bosch return to St John’s Smith Square for ‘Alexandra and the Russians’, a second season of works from the chamber music repertoire partnered with new commissions.
NEW! The 2017 Oxford Lieder Festival – The Last of the Romantics
21/08/2017
THE OXFORD LIEDER FESTIVAL: 13-28 OCTOBER 2017
THE LAST OF THE ROMANTICS: MAHLER AND FIN-DE-SIÈCLE VIENNA Read more
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