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Live performance is back with a bang – Simon Thompson on the 2021 Edinburgh International Festival
Anyone reading this south of Hadrian’s Wall might wonder why we Scots are so especially excited about the return of the Edinburgh International Festival. After all, hasn’t the national lockdown been over for several months now, and haven’t we had plenty of opportunities for live music since the pandemic?
The Royal Opera House announces full details of the 2021/22 Season
11 new productions, including 5 world premieres, and 20 revivals.
An exciting roster of UK and international talent with many debuts
For full details and more about what is on at the Royal Opera House CLICK HERE
Audiences return to the Proms in a celebration of live music – 52 concerts over 44 days with over 2,000 musicians – Friday 30 July to Saturday 11 September 2021 Six weeks of live concerts every day from the Royal Albert Hall in its 150th-anniversary year / Audiences welcomed back to attend Proms in person … Read more
The 20th Oxford Lieder Festival: Nature’s Songbook
The Oxford Lieder Festival (8 – 23 October 2021) will celebrate its 20th anniversary this autumn. Celebrating the magical art of song, an astonishing array of artists will appear in more than 80 events, encompassing the great song cycles of Schubert and Schumann, the riches of fin-de-siècle Paris, the epic landscapes of Scandinavia and the vibrant sphere of American song.
For more about Oxford Lieder click here
Opera Philadelphia announces ‘live and digital’ 2021-2022 season
Building on the success of its acclaimed 2020-2021 season, described by The New York Times as ‘laying claim to the mantle of making new material during the pandemic’, Opera Philadelphia has announced plans for an untraditional 2021-2022 season. Eliminating the time constraints of what constitutes an ‘opera season’, the Opera Philadelphia Channel will continue to stream original films, archival performances and new programming year-round.
Frankfurt Opera’s 2021-2022 season will see eleven new productions, of which eight will be performed in the opera house and three in the Bockenheimer Depot, a former tram depot and the main workshop of the Straßenbahn Frankfurt am Main. In addition, there will be fifteen revivals of past productions and eight vocal recitals. Complete details … Read more
THE 2021/22 SEASON AT THE OPERNHAUS ZÜRICH
GIANANDREA NOSEDA SUCCEEDS FABIO LUISI AS GENERAL MUSIC DIRECTOR
A NEW ’RING DES NIBELUNGEN’ +NEW PRODUCTIONS WITH CECILIA BARTOLI AND
DIANA DAMRAU + WORLD PREMIERES AND HIDDEN GEMS
OPERA REVIVALS WITH ANNA NETREBKO, ANJA HARTEROS, ELĪNA GARANČA, BRYN TERFEL, LUDOVIC TEZIER AND MARCELO ÁLVAREZ
THE BALLETT ZÜRICH – CRYSTAL PITE RETURNS, A WORLD PREMIERE BY CHRISTIAN SPUCK, AND NEW WORKS BY THE DANCERS
377 PERFORMANCES, 17 PREMIERES, 20 REVIVALS, 43 CONCERTS & SONG RECITALS,
15 SPECIAL OFFERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, ‘OPER FÜR ALLE’ & ’BALLETT FÜR ALLE’
Reunion at Sadler’s Wells – 17 to 30 May 2021
English National Ballet (click here) return to live performances with five works by renowned choreographers and rising talents. Created and released as films during our critically acclaimed Digital Season in late 2020 (for our review click here) these original pieces are performed live on stage for the first time.
For 2021/22 see below about:
World premieres of Creature by Akram Khan and Raymonda by Tamara Rojo
New performance dates for THE FORSYTHE EVENING
Nutcracker returns for the festive season
Celebratory Emerging Dancer event
Maria Kochetkova returns to ENB, joining as Lead Principal
ENB’s new home to be named Mulryan Centre for Dance
New ballet talent pipeline project and expansion of Dance Leaders of the Future