Ex Cathedra’s 50th Anniversary Season in 2019-20
22/05/2019
‘From the heart’ – Ex Cathedra announces its 50th anniversary season
Ex Cathedra, the world-class choir and Early Music ensemble founded in Birmingham by Jeffrey Skidmore, has announced a typically distinctive season of concerts for its 50th anniversary season, a programme that comes ‘from the heart’ – as Beethoven wrote in the score of his Missa Solemnis, one of the highlights of the season. Read more
Geneva Grand Théâtre in 2019-20
17/05/2019
Aviel Cahn’s Forthcoming 2019-20 Season in Geneva is Reminiscent of Gérard Mortier’s Radical Approach at La Monnaie
Grand Théâtre de Genève
The next season of the Geneva Grand Théâtre has been announced. It is the first under the directorship of Aviel Cahn, whose Antwerp Opera House has just been awarded the prestigious ‘Best Company Award’, beating Vienna, London, Munich, Paris, …
This is more than a new season; it is definitely the start of a new dawn. Read more
UPDATED! 2019-20 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
14/05/2019
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The annual revealing of the upcoming season details for the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet, this year in the Linbury Theatre, set against the dark set for that evening’s production of Phaedra, promised no less than 17 new productions (including six world premieres), while the Royal Opera itself presents 24 co-productions, co-commissions and partnerships. Read more
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 2019-20
03/05/2019
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra launches centenary celebrations with ambitious 2019-2020 season
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NEW! Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich in 2019-20
14/04/2019
Season Preview: 2019-20 Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Paavo Järvi (c) Gaëtan Bally
This is the first season with Paavo Järvi as Chief Conductor and will clearly have a strong Nordic flavour, just as one would expect: Järvi will conduct (and record) all Tchaikovsky’s symphonies. To open the season (2,3 and 4 October), Sibelius’s epic Kullervo. And, as part of the Zurich Festival, a Shostakovich First Symphony, with the Elgar Cello Concerto in the first half (soloist Steven Isserlis). Järvi will also conduct Nielsen’s Second Symphony as part of his newly formed Conductors’ Academy (which he has started in his home town of Pärnu, Estonia). The season ends (19 and 21 June 2020) with a semi-staged performance of Fidelio. Read more
NEW! Zurich Opera House in 2019-20
07/04/2019
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UPDATED! English National Opera in 2019-2020 and New Artistic Director
06/04/2019
English National Opera announces 2019/20 Season
UPDATED! Cleveland Orchestra in 2019-20
27/02/2019
Blossom Music Festival (c) Roger Mastroianni/Cleveland Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra in 2019-2020
The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst announced details of their 2019-2020 season, with 76 concerts over 26 weeks. One significant highlight includes a festival designed to explore music and art that was banned, marginalized, and destroyed during the Nazis’ Degenerate Art movement, and the continuing impact of censorship on creative expression in society today. The festival will center on Alban Berg’s Lulu, one of the 20th century’s most influential operas, and includes partner programming with area arts institutions.
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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 
