2016-17 Leeds Lieder Concert Series and Advanced Notice about 2017 Festival
30/08/2016
Leeds Lieder announces 2016-2017 concert series (and advance information about 2017 Festival)
In collaboration with partner organizations Opera North, University of Leeds, Leeds College of Music and BBC Radio 3, Leeds Lieder is delighted to announce its 2016-17 season of concerts. Read more
Classical Opera announces 2016/17 season
08/07/2016
Classical Opera announces 2016/17 season – 8 September 2016 – 23 June 2017
Classical Opera – the leading Mozart specialist and period-instrument ensemble – today announces its 2016/17 season. Under the inspiring leadership of conductor and artistic director, Ian Page, the programme encompasses two staged productions, the continuation of the ground-breaking MOZART 250 series, two European tours, a return to Middle Temple Hall and the latest CD release in the company’s complete Mozart Opera Cycle. Now in its third year, the twenty-seven-year MOZART 250 project follows the chronological trajectory of the composer’s life, works and influences. Read more
The Glimmerglass Festival Announces 2017 Festival
08/07/2016
The Glimmerglass Festival Announces 2017 Lineup – Festival Guests to include William Burden, Theodore Chapin, Paige Hernandez, Stephen Schwartz, David Sedaris and more.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – The Glimmerglass Festival, which presents four mainstage productions of opera and musical theater as well as many events every summer, has released the details of its 2017 schedule.
The 2017 Festival will include mainstage productions of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, Handel’s Xerxes and Donizetti’s The Siege of Calais. The season also includes the world premiere of Stomping Grounds, a piece from Victor Simonson and Paige Hernandez that blends hip-hop, spoken word and opera, and Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg, starring 2017 Artist in Residence William Burden. Read more
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills Announces 2016/17 Season
25/05/2016
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills Announces 2016/17 Season Read more
Visiting Orchestras Tour Switzerland 2016/2017
23/05/2016
Visiting Orchestras Tour Switzerland 2016/2017
Courtesy of Migros Kulturprozent Classics a number of prestigious foreign (and Swiss) orchestras will be on tour in a number of major Swiss cities next season. Zurich’s concert life is dominated by its orchestra, the Tonhalle, and Geneva by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, both very fine, but all visitors are always warmly welcomed. Read more
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla’s First Season with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Announced
21/05/2016
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has announced details of its 2016-17 season, the first of Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla’s tenure as Osborn Music Director
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (c) Vern Evans
Dance at The Music Center: 2016-2017 Los Angeles Season
12/05/2016
Dance at The Music Center: 2016-2017 Los Angeles Season
Houston Ballet’s Celebrate Forsythe with Allison Miller and Chun Wai Chan
(c) Amitava Sarkar
Sadler’s Wells Autumn/Winter Season 2016
11/05/2016
Sadler’s Wells Autumn/Winter Season 2016
At Sadler’s Wells for the start of next season there are many highlights which can be discovered by viewing the press release (here) or the brochure (here). Read more
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This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best. 
In its own way, the Seven Words of Christ is just as sublime as the Stabat Mater. 
This sensitive, dynamic recording is a joy, and may even constitute a revelation. 
The pair exhibits a refined style on these illuminating performances. 
A deeply affecting experience that ought to win the opera many new admirers. 
A US opera union probe finds singer guilty of abusing power 
It's the singers who save this particular production of Verdi's opera 
The Southbank Centre played host to a perfect and passionate performance 
On a night to remember, the Albanian singer explores with shattering force the music championed by a 
The musician has returned to the London venue after living through his 'wildest musical fantasi 
