United Kingdom Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Regents Opera Orchestra, Ben Woodward (conductor). York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, 9.2.2025. (MB)
An extraordinarily successful Rheingold begins Regents Opera’s Ring cycle
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Supreme artistry of Maisky, Argerich and Ivanov makes for rare and precious evening at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Bach, Haydn and Mendelssohn: Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano) Yossif Ivanov (violin). Wigmore Hall, London. 6.2.2025. (CSa)
Manchester Collective’s Hidden Mechanisms impresses at the Purcell Room
United Kingdom Leith, Werner, Miller, Mustonen – Hidden Mechanisms: Manchester Collective. Purcell Room, London, 9.2.2025. (CC)
Alice Sara Ott’s fascinating Southbank programme of Field Nocturnes and Beethoven sonatas
United Kingdom Field, Beethoven: Alice Sara Ott (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 7.2.2025. (CC)
Intelligent programming of rarely heard British works under Pappano and the LSO at the Barbican
United Kingdom Maconchy, Walton, Vaughan Williams: Rebecca Gilliver (cello), Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), Will Liverman (baritone), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 9.2.2025. (JR)
Giltburg’s continuing Beethoven journey at Wigmore Hall: life-affirming, purifying, and inspiring
United Kingdom Beethoven: Boris Giltburg (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 1.2.2025. (CSa)
Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.9 in E, Op.14 No.1; Piano Sonata No.4 in E-flat, Op.7; Piano Sonata No.20 in G, Op.49. No.2; Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 ‘Pathétique‘; Piano Sonata No.26 in E-flat, Op81a ‘Les Adieux‘
Good singing cannot redeem a dreadful production of Figaro at English National Opera
United Kingdom Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Ainārs Rubikis (conductor). London Coliseum, 7.2.2025. (MB)
Late-replacement Carolin Widmann and Walton are the stars of this LSO concert
United Kingdom Walker, Bernstein, Walton: Carolin Widmann (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Barbican Hall, London 7.2.2025. (JR)
