Opera Holland Park announces its 2026 Season
In a year that honours 30 years since Opera Holland Park was established, the 2026 Season will open with a new production of Puccini’s La fanciulla del West.
London
A blistering, unforgettable Salome from Grigorian, Volle, Pappano and the LSO
United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Salome (concert performance): Soloists, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 13.7.2025. (JPr)
A remarkable Wigmore Hall evening from the Chiaroscuro Quartet and pianist Cédric Tiberghien
United Kingdom Beethoven, Brahms: Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Chiaroscuro Quartet (Alina Ibragimova [violin], Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux [violin], Emilie Hörnlund [viola], Claire Thirion [cello]). Wigmore Hall, 10.7.2025. (CC)
Crouch End Festival Chorus under David Temple: musical variety is the spice of a really good concert
United Kingdom Janáček, Weir, Bernstein, Fauré: Zoë Brookshaw (soprano), Mark Nathan (baritone), Finn Beal (treble), Sally Pryce (harp), Simon Blendis (violin), Sarah Butcher (cello), Peter Jaekel (organ), Crouch End Festival Chorus / David Temple (conductor). Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, 5.7.2025. (GF)
Appl and Lepper showcase Kurtág and Schubert in Lines of Life at the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Lines of Life: Benjamin Appl (baritone), Simon Lepper (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 20.6.2025. (AK)
Truly commanding Barbican Hall playing from Evgeny Kissin
United Kingdom Bach, Chopin, Shostakovich: Evgeny Kissin (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 25.6.2025. (CC)
A simply superb Wigmore Hall recital by Nicolas Namoradze
United Kingdom Scriabin, Bach, Beethoven: Nicolas Namoradze (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 23.6.2025. (CC)
Fabulous Mozartists’s Wigmore Hall concert of repertoire both little-known and really rather unknown
United Kingdom MOZART250 – Rachel Podger plays Mozart: Rachel Podger (violin), The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 18.6.2024. (CC)