Bryn Terfel, Rachel Redmond, Laurence Kilsby, & Jonathan McGovern Among Soloists in Glasshouse International Centre for Music’s 2025-26 Season

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Glasshouse International Centre for Music has unveiled its 2025-26 classical season. This article only features vocal works. Tenor Laurence Kilsby performs in “Elgar and Vaughan Williams” with the Sinfonia of London led by John Wilson. Performance Date: October 17, 2025 “Bryn Terfel sings Schubert” features the Royal Northern Sinfonia conducted by Dinis Sousa. Performance Date: November 21, 2025 Soprano Rachel {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Soprano Rachel Redmond on Her Forthcoming Role as Aminta in Vivaldi’s ‘L’Olimpiade’

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(Photo: Christopher Wallace) In 2021, OperaWire reviewed a splendid concert presentation of Handel’s “Ariodante” at the Göttingen Handel Festival. With a strong cast, which included star names such as Marie Lys and Emily Fons. Quality performances were certainly expected, and they did not disappoint. However, it was soprano Rachel Redmond, whom I had previously never heard sing, in the role {…}

Business, News

Fraser Anderson Appointed Permanent Chief Executive of The Glasshouse

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The Glasshouse International Centre for Music has appointed Fraser Anderson as its new Chief Executive. The appointment, beginning immediately, follows a competitive recruitment process. Anderson has served as Interim Chief Executive for the last six months, after Abigail Pogson’s departure to the Barbican Centre in London. Anderson brings over six years of experience within the organization. He has played a {…}

Season Announcement

Festival Internacional de Arte Sacro’s 36th Edition Unveils 2026 Season

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The Festival Internacional de Arte Sacro de la Comunidad de Madrid has announced programming for its 36th edition, running March 29 through April 20, 2026. Here are the vocal performances on offer. William Christie conducts Les Arts Florissants in a program of André Campra’s “Miserere, Salmo 50” and “Misa de Réquiem” at Teatros del Canal. Performance Date: March 29, 2026 {…}

Business

The Glasshouse Announces New Partnership with GemArts

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The Glasshouse has announced that GemArts will join its roster of Artistic Partners as the venue marks its 20th anniversary season. The award-winning arts organization, a leader in South Asian and diversity programming, becomes the fifth partner alongside Corinne Bailey Rae, Maria Włoszczowska, The Unthanks, and John Wilson’s Sinfonia of London. As part of the new partnership, GemArts will present {…}

News

Abigail Pogson to Depart The Glasshouse for London’s Barbican Centre

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(Photo credit: The Glasshouse) The Glasshouse International Centre for Music announced that after a decade, its CEO Abigail Pogson will depart the organization this autumn to lead Europe’s largest arts complex, the Barbican Centre, London. Pogson has led The Glasshouse through a transformational period of growth, change, and impact, from championing artists and young people in the region, to guiding {…}

News, Season Announcement

Tara Erraught, Louise Alder, Paula Murrihy, Andrew Staples & Roderick Williams Lead Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

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The Scottish Chamber Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights. Maxim Emelyanychev conducts Poulenc’s “Gloria” as well as Vivaldi’s “Gloria” with Anna Dennis, Rachel Redmond, and Tim Mead. Performance Dates: Oct. 9 & 10, 2025 Maxim Emelyanychev conducts Berlioz’s “L’Enfance du Christ” featuring Paula Murrihy, Andrew Staples, Roderick Williams, and Callum Thorpe. Performance Dates: {…}

News

Salle Cortot to Present John Blow’s ‘Venus and Adonis’

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The Salle Cortot in Paris will present “Venus and Adonis” on Oct. 4, 2024. The John Blow work will be presented by Ensembles Masques under Olivier Fortin. The cast stars soprano Rachel Redmond, baritone Drew Santini, and mezzo-soprano Natalie Perez. Redmond has performed with the English Tour Opera, Göttingen International Handel Festival, Opera du Rhin, and with the Aix-en-Provence. Santini {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Irish National Opera 2023-24 Review: L’Olimpiade

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(Photo: Ros Kavanagh) Intricate and convoluted plots are not exactly rare in operas of the 17th and 18th centuries. Usually revolving around mistaken identities, complex love triangles, misunderstandings and deliberate deceptions that precipitate extreme emotions, their narratives career forward, plunging the protagonists into life-threatening and life-changing situations in which the gods, heroes and mythical characters often play their part. Vivaldi’s {…}

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