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Danielle De Niese, Sarah Connolly, Allan Clayton, Barbara Hannigan Headline Glyndebourne’s Open House in August 2020

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Glyndebourne has announced the latest operas that it will be streaming as part of its Open House program. First up will be David McVicar’s production of “Giulio Cesare” starring Danielle de Niese as Cleopatra and Sarah Connolly as Cesare. Other cast members include Alexander Ashworth, Patricia Bardon, Angelika Kirchschlager, Rachid Ben Abdeslam, Christophe Dumaux, and Christopher Maltman. William Christie conducts. Streaming {…}

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Julia Bullock, Joyce DiDonato, and Allan Clayton to Star At Aldeburgh Festival 2020

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(Credit: Michael Orenstein / Chris Singer) The Aldeburgh Festival has unveiled its 2020 festival, which will take place between June 12-28, 2020. The festival will open at Bury St. Edmund’s Abbey with a concert that features such artists and ensembles as  Britten Sinfonia, Allan Clayton, Ian Bostridge, Clare Hammond and Ryan Wigglesworth, among others. The concert will feature the world {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva, Miriam Allan, Hannah Morrison Headline Les Arts Florissants’ Streaming Lineup

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Les Arts Florissants has made several performances available online to stream on its YouTube channel and website. Among these videos is “La Finta Giardiniera” which features young singers from Le Jardin de Voix. The concert from Nov. 17, 2019 was directed by William Christie. The company is also showcasing a number of concert performances centering on Gesualdo’s Madrigals. The first {…}

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Louise Alder, Lise Davidsen, Rosa Feola, Jonathan Tetelman, Lawrence Brownlee, Clay Hilley & Lisette Oropesa Among Nominees for 2026 International Opera Awards

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The International Opera Awards have announced the 2026 nominees. The nominees for company of the year included Atlanta Opera, Croatian National Opera, Zagreb, English National Opera, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Opéra de Lyon, and Teatro Real, Madrid.  Meanwhile the Female Singer of the Year Award nominees are Louise Alder, Sara Blanch, Vera-Lotte Boecker, Ambur Braid, Saioa Hernández, and Golda Schultz.  The Male {…}

News, Season Announcement

Britten Pears Arts Unveils Autumn Winter 2026 Season

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(Photo credits: Sharp, Clarke, Williams) Britten Pears Arts’ Autumn Winter 2026 season has been announced. Here is a look at the vocal works on the program. The Britten Pears Young Artist Programme presents a vocal and chamber recital. Performance Date: Sept. 10, 2026 The Gesualdo Six present “Death of Gesualdo.” Owain Park directs. Performance Date: Oct. 18, 2026 Baritone Roderick {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2026 Review: Billy Budd

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(© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton)  Lash your picnic baskets to the deck: Benjamin Britten’s “Billy Budd” — the tangled morality tale of innocence and cruelty aboard a Napoleonic-era Man-of-War with words by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier — has set sail once again at the Glyndebourne Festival. Michael Grandage’s production from 2010 was the company’s first staging of {…}

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Choir of King’s College, Cambridge to Celebrate Raymond Gubbay’s 60th Anniversary as Concert Promoter

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The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, directed by Daniel Hyde, will perform at Wigmore Hall on October 21 at 7:30 p.m. in a special concert marking the 60th anniversary of the first event promoted by Raymond Gubbay. The program, titled “O how glorious is the kingdom,” is conceived as a sequence of music suited to the feast of All Saints {…}

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Royal Ballet & Opera 2025-26 Review: Peter Grimes

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(Photo: ©2026 Tristram Kenton) If you have ever visited to the Suffolk seaside town of Aldeburgh, where Benjamin Britten lived, and which inspired his 1945 opera “Peter Grimes” – based on George Crabbe’s poem “The Borough” – then you will surely remember the remarkable views from the sea front: vast, empty skies, sunlight blazing on the water like a purifying {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Lise Davidsen, Sabine Devieilhe, Jonathan Tetelman, Huw Montague Rendall & Golda Schultz Lead Berlin Philharmonic’s 2026-27 Season

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The Berlin Philharmonic has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. MainStage Nicholas Collon conducts the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in György Ligeti’s “Le Grand Macabre” with Sarah Aristidou, Heidi Melton, Andrew Watts, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Leigh Melrose, Karl Huml, Kathrin Lorenzen, and Jingjing Xu. Performance Date: August 28, 2026 Kent Nagano conducts the WDR Sinfonieorchester {…}