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City of London Choir to Present ‘The Dream of Gerontius’ at Royal Festival Hall

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(©Sim Canetty-Clarke) The City of London Choir will perform at the Royal Festival Hall in London on March 13, 2025. The showcase will feature a performance of Elgar’s “The Dream of Gerontius” under new Musical Director and Principal Conductor Daniel Hyde. It is also the first collaboration with the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. The aim of this partnership is {…}

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Kieron-Connor Valentine Headlines Bampton Classical Opera’s ‘Musical Celebration’

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(Photo Credit: Sisi Burn) Bampton Classical Opera will present “A Musical Celebration” on Dec. 7, 2024 at St. Mary’s Church in Oxfordshire. The performance features countertenor Kieron-Connor Valentine taking on songs and arias by Rhys Joines, T. Soborne Roberts, Alain Boulil, Jake Heggie, Chalin, Berlin, and Amanda McBroom, among others, alongside pianists André Bertoncini and Jeremy Gray. The Bampton Winds {…}

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Dafydd Jones Wins Royal Over-Seas League’s 72nd Annual Music Competition

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Welsh tenor Dafydd Jones has won the 2024 Gold Medal in the Royal Over-Seas League’s 72nd Annual Music Competition. The final, which was held at London’s Wigmore Hall, saw four soloists compete in the final. Among the finalists were violinist Jordan Brooks, pianist Ignas Maknickas, and flutist Daniel Shao. The adjudicators were John Gilhooly CBE (chair), Geoff Parkin, Alexandra Dariescu, {…}

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Guildhall School of Music and Drama Names New Head of Vocal Arts

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(Photo by Chris Gloag) Sarah Tynan has been announced as the new Head of Vocal Arts at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. She commences her tenure in September 2024. Tynan has enjoyed an ample performance career as a singer, performing with such organizations as the English National Opera, Aldeburgh Festival, Teatro Real de Madrid, Opera Holland Park, Royal {…}

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Daniel Hyde Appointed Musical Director of City of London Choir

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Daniel Hyde has been appointed Musical Director and Principal Conductor of the City of London Choir.  He will take the position effective from September 2024.  Hyde is the Director of Music at King’s College, Cambridge, and has directed ensembles including the BBC Singers, Britten Sinfonia, the Academy of Ancient Music, the Philharmonia, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of {…}

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Nicky Spence & Lotte Betts-Dean Named Royal Philharmonic Society Awards Recipients

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The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards winners were announced at the Royal Northern College of Music on March 5. For the purposes of this article only opera related winners are included. Taking home the Conductor Prize is François-Xavier Roth. Meanwhile the Ensemble Award went to the BBC Singers. Kaija Saariaho‘s “Innocence” took home the Large-Scale Composition award while Contemporary Music Festival’s {…}

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Royal Philharmonic Society Awards Announces Shortlist

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A shortlist of this year’s Royal Philharmonic Society Award recipients has been released. For the purposes of this article only opera related nominees are included. The full list can be found here.  Chamber-Scale Composition Nilufar Habibian – “Az nahāyate tāriki” (“From the deep end of darkness”) Conductor Alice Farnham; Alpesh Chauhan; François-Xavier Roth Ensemble BBC Singers; Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Impact {…}

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Susanne Rydén Appointed Executive & Artistic Director of the Stockholm Concert Hall Foundation & the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

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Photo credit: Nadja Sjöström Swedish soprano Susanne Rydén has been named the new Executive and Artistic Director of the Stockholm Concert Hall Foundation as well as the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Stefan Forsberg who is retiring after 21 years in the role will step down at the end of the summer of 2024. Beginning in the spring Forsberg and Rydén {…}

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Royal Opera House Appoints New Concertmaster

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The Royal Opera House has announced a new concertmaster. The company said that it had appointed Magnus Johnston as the leader of the ⁦Royal Opera House Orchestra. Johnston was formally part of the Navarra Quartet, prior to his appointment and was a Guest Leader of OROH for performances of “The Magic Flute,” “Theodora,” “Lohengrin” and “Werther.” He has worked alongside {…}