United Kingdom Various: Sol Gabetta (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 21.10.2022. (KMcD)
Stasevska and the BBC SO’s Sibelius helps make for a hugely enjoyable evening
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Ailyn Pérez and Juan Diego Flórez star in Richard Jones’s enthralling Covent Garden La bohème
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Kevin John Edusei (conductor). Broadcast live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 20.10.2022. (JPr)
Chelsea Opera Group’s Orfeo ed Euridice at London’s Cadogan Hall on 29 October
Chelsea Opera Group’s Orfeo ed Euridice
Chelsea Opera Group present their next concert, Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck. Sung in Italian with English surtitles at Cadogan Hall Saturday 29 October 2022 at 7pm.
Regent Opera’s Das Rheingold at London’s The Grand Temple, Covent Garden, in November
Tickets now on sale for Regents Opera intimate yet ambitious Ring cycle
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- The Grand Temple, Freemasons’ Hall, Covent Garden
- November 2022 to December 2024
- Ring cycle performed in the Round and arranged for 18-piece orchestra, conducted by Ben Woodward
- Ring cycle stars Keel Watson as Wotan, Catharine Woodward as Brünnhilde, and Philip Modinos as Siegfried
Mahan Esfahani treats London to an immersive Scarlatti experience
United Kingdom Scarlatti: Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 14.10.2022. (MB)
Jakub Hrůša is The Royal Opera’s new Music Director from September 2025
Royal Opera House appoints Jakub Hrůša as Music Director
The Royal Opera House today announces the appointment of Jakub Hrůša as Music Director of The Royal Opera. Hrůša will assume the position of Music Director Designate with immediate effect and will begin his tenure as Music Director in September 2025.
Superbly sung and staged: Covent Garden’s revival of La bohème is even more relevant today
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Kevin John Edusei (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 14.10.2022. (CSa)
Robert Carsen’s modern, twenty-first century take on Verdi’s Aida at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Broadcast (directed by Peter Jones) to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 12.10.2022. (JPr)
