UPDATED! English National Opera in 2018/19 and the New Free Tickets Scheme
01/05/2018
English National Opera launches free tickets for Under 18’s
English National Opera (ENO) has announced that anyone aged under 18 will get free tickets to ENO productions on Saturdays. The tickets will be for seats in the Balcony and be available for any or all of the 11 Saturday performances in the Spring 2019 season in the London Coliseum. Read more
The 2018/19 Birmingham Classical Season
01/05/2018
Birmingham’s 2018/19 International Concert Season
Each year Birmingham’s two leading concert venues, Town Hall and Symphony Hall showcase leading classical music performers from around the world. The 2018/19 Birmingham Classical season, just announced, follows that tradition. Read more
NEW! 2018/19 Season at the Royal Opera House
21/03/2018
The Royal Ballet and Royal Opera’s programme for 2018/19 include world premieres, major new productions and classic revivals.
The Royal Opera House auditorium © ROH/Sim Canetty-Clarke
Details of the Royal Opera House’s 2018/19 Season have been announced. Read more
NEW! 2018 Cheltenham Music Festival – 30 June to 15 July
21/03/2018
A Star-studded line up at 2018 Cheltenham Music Festival from 30 June to 15 July 2018
The 74th Cheltenham Music Festival brings the very best of classical music to the widest possible audience (30 June – 15 July). A star-studded line-up includes a Festival debut from Maxim Vengerov, András Schiff with the OAE, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Sarah Connolly, James Gilchrist, Mahan Esfahani, Steven Isserlis, Benjamin Grosvenor and The King’s Singers plus Sir Mark Elder and Louise Alder with The Hallé and Martyn Brabbins with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Read more
NEW! Staatsoper Unter de Linden in 2018/19
20/03/2018
Matthias Schulz and Daniel Barenboim announce the program for the 2018/19 season at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Read more
NEW! St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Bring Swan Lake to London in August
14/03/2018
INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED
ST PETERSBURG BALLET THEATRE PRESENTS
SWAN LAKE
LONDON COLISEUM
Wednesday 22nd – Sunday 26th August
FOR SEEN AND HEARD’S REVIEW (23.8.2018) CLICK HERE
The internationally acclaimed St Petersburg Ballet Theatre are set to make a welcome return to the London Coliseum this summer, with their full-length classic production of Swan Lake. The Company’s 2015 season was a total sell out with over 25,000 seats sold. The 2018 season is strictly limited and takes place between Wednesday 22nd – Sunday 26th August.
Irina Kolesnikova in Swan Lake © KT
English National Ballet Announces its 2018-19 Season
14/03/2018
English National Ballet’s 2018-2019 Season
NEW! The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2018-19 Season
13/03/2018
The Cleveland Orchestra Announces Its 2018-19 Season
The Cleveland Orchestra (c) Roger Mastroianni
On 11 December 1918, the Cleveland Orchestra gave its first concert, under the direction of its founding music director, Nikolai Sokoloff. As the ensemble embarks on its second century, the Orchestra has announced a lively season to mark the occasion. Franz Welser-Möst, the ensemble’s seventh music director, will oversee a year of audience-pleasing favorites mixed with enterprising new works and neglected classics. Read more
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