United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2026 [8]: (SRT)
Simon Thompson
The EIF’s Rising Stars of Voice sing at the Queen’s Hall
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2026 [4] – Rising Stars of Voice with Louise Alder: Louise Alder (soprano, mentor), James Baillieu (piano, mentor), Francesca Lauri (piano). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 18.8.2026. (SRT)
If you go up to The Hub tonight, you never know what you’ll find
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2026 [3]: The Hub, Edinburgh, 16 & 18.8.2026. (SRT)
Venetian light and Gesualdan darkness: both sides of the Baroque at the EIF 2026
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2026 [2]: Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 14 & 15.8.2026. (SRT)
After some Edinburgh choral delights, it was the tribute to John Wallace that was most heartwarming
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2026 [1]: (SRT)
From the SCO in Edinburgh: two wonderful Ninth Symphonies and Shostakovich’s exploding anarchy
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Dvořák: Steven Osborne (piano), Aaron Azunda Akugbo (trumpet), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh 14.5.2026. (SRT)
Man of the theatre Riccardo Minasi brings a touch of theatricality to SCO’s Mozart Requiem
United Kingdom Haydn, Mozart: Louise Alder (soprano), Hanna Hipp (mezzo-soprano), Julien Henric (tenor), Daniel Okulitch (bass-baritone), Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus (director: Gregory Batsleer) / Riccardo Minasi (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 30.4.2026. (SRT)
Berlin Festtage’s new Verdi Un ballo fails to ignite. Blame the director (partly)
Germany Berlin Festtage 2026 [3] – Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin / Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 1.4.2026. (SRT)
