United Kingdom Mahler: Siobhan Stagg (soprano), Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), London Symphony Chorus (Chorus Director Emeritus: Simon Halsey), London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 20.10.2024. (JR)
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London Opera Company’s Siegfried at Sinfonia, Smith’s Square, on 2 November 2024
London Opera Company assembles world class singers and full orchestra for Wagner’s Siegfried at Sinfonia, Smith’s Square
Following a series of performances which have delighted audiences and critics alike in recent years (including our sold-out and acclaimed performance of Tristan und Isolde last year), the London Opera Company returns to Sinfonia, Smith’s Square, London on Saturday 2 November for Wagner’s Siegfried, their latest production.
ENO’s strongly sung new production of The Turn of the Screw
United Kingdom Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Orchestra of the English National Opera / Duncan Ward (conductor). London Coliseum, 16.10.2024. (MB)
New Palace Opera’s Wagnerian farewells on 17 November at St John’s Waterloo
New Palace Opera concert performance: 6.30pm, Sunday 17 November 2024, St John’s Waterloo, London SE1 8TY
The Royal Ballet are on great form in Wheeldon’s phantasmagorical Alice’s Adventures, but it’s too long
United Kingdom Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and seen at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 15.10.2024. (JPr)
Bruckner under a bright sun: Ádám Fischer and the OAE perform the Fifth Symphony
United Kingdom Bruckner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Ádám Fischer (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 13.10.2024. (CK)
Unsuk Chin’s star (or, indeed, stars) shone the brightest in this BBC SO concert
United Kingdom Unsuk Chin, Bartók, Debussy, Ravel: Bertrand Chamayou (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dinis Sousa (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 12.10.2024. (CC)
Gramophone’s Label of the Year 2024 Opera Rara returns to the Wigmore Hall on 2 November
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On Saturday 2 November, Opera Rara return to Wigmore Hall for its third ‘Donizetti & Friends’ recital. Following a week recording together in the studio, Rosa Feola will be accompanied by Carlo Rizzi at the piano.
Gramophone’s Label of the Year 2024 – On 2 October Opera Rara was announced as Gramophone’s Label of the Year 2024. Previous winners in this category include BIS, Deutsche Grammophon, Alpha Classics, Pentatone and Harmonia Mundi.