(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 {…}
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has announced its 2026-27 season, led by Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan. Here are the vocal performances on offer. Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan opens his sixth season with Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection,” featuring the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir alongside soloists soprano Lucy Crowe and mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis. Performance Date: Oct. 1, 2026 Soprano Sarah Brady {…}
The Vienna Philharmonic has announced the annual Summer Night Concert. The concert will be held on June 19, 2026 and will be conducted by Lorenzo Viotti. The concert will feature music by Ravel, Puccini, Suppé, Price, Massenet, and Tchaikovsky. Welsh opera singer Bryn Terfel will perform as soloist. He will sing arias from Boito’s “Mefistofele” and Verdi’s “Falstaff,” as well {…}
(Photo credits: Arbour Artists, Morrison) B:Music announces its 2026-27 season. This article only features classical vocal performances. Nikola Hillebrand performs with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Fabien Gabel. Performance Date: May 21, 2026 Hilary Cronin and Jure Počkaj solo in Brahm’s “German Requiem.” They are joined by the CBSO Chorus and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Simon {…}
(© Mitch Jenkins) Baritone Sir Bryn Terfel is set to perform in Taiwan. Under the baton of Jaap van Zweden, Terfel and the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra present the concert, titled “Gods and Demons.” Together, they offer the audience arias from Wagner’s “Die Walküre” and “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,” Gounod’s “Faust,” and Puccini’s “Tosca.” Terfel also performs a selection of folk {…}
Sir Bryn Terfel has founded the Oxford International Opera. The company, which is co-founded by Oxford Philharmonic Music Director, Marios Papadopoulos, will launch in September with a production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The first production will star Sir Bryn Terfel, Carmen Giannattasio, and Saimir Pirgu. The cast will also feature Jamie Woollard, Fabio Previati, Colin Judson, and Steffan Lloyd Owen. Marios {…}
(Credit: Bryn Terfel / Facebook) Famed bass-baritone Sir Bryne Terfel will perform as part of the Verbier Festival‘s first Shenzhen Verbier Festival on Feb. 7, 2026. The showcase, which commences at 7:30 p.m. at the Shenzhen Longgang International Art Center, features music by Verdi, Boito, Gounod, Offenbach, Weill, Wagner, and Bock, among others. Gianluca Marchiano conducts. The Shenzhen Verbier Festival {…}
Bryn Terfel has joined Classic FM for a new four part series. The Welsh bass-baritone will host “Opera Villains with Bryn Terfel,” drawing inspiration from his own portrayals of roles from Don Giovanni to Sweeney Todd. In the series he will explore what makes these villains tick, and whether they are truly evil or simply flawed. In a statement Terfel said, {…}
(Photo: © OMC Marco Borrelli) On November 2nd the Opéra de Monte Carlo opened its 2025–26 season with a single, semi-staged performance of Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” starring Bryn Terfel in the title role. One of Cecilia Bartoli’s distinctive innovations as Artistic Director has been to introduce more of these productions mises en espace—performances that are acted onstage without full {…}
The Opéra de Monte-Carlo has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” starring Sir Bryn Terfel, Albert Dohmen, Asmik Grigorian, Daniel Behle, Angharad Lyddon, and Trystan Llyr Griffiths. Gianluca Marcianò conducts the semi-staged version. Performance Date: Nov. 2, 2025 Anna Pirozzi stars in Verdi’s “Aida” alongside Antonio Di Matteo, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Arsen Soghomonyan, Erwin Schrott, and Artur Rucinski. Massimo {…}
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 {…}