Brighton Dome has announced its Autumn 2026 season. Here are the classical voice works on the program. Katherine Jenkins makes a stop on her tour celebrating her 25 years in music Performance Date: Oct. 6, 2026 The Purcell Singers and harpist Eleanor Medcalfe present a Christmas program. Performance Date: Nov. 29, 2026 Elizabeth Watts, the women of Brighton Festival Chorus, {…}
(Photo credit: Dale Hodgetts) The Three Choirs Festival releases the highlights of its Worcester 2027 season. The Festival runs July 24-31, 2027. Britten’s “War Requiem” is performed by soloists soprano Elizabeth Watts, tenor Peter Hoare, and baritone David Stout, with the Festival Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra. Performance Date: July 24, 2027 The Three Cathedral Choirs present Handel’s “Four Coronation Anthems.” {…}
B:Music has released the details of its 2025-26 Birmingham Classical season. The article only features vocal performances. Lunchtime Organ Concerts with Thomas Trotter features guests such as the Lichfield Cathedral Choir, Hereford Cathedral Choir, and the Gloucester Cathedral Choir, among others. Performance Dates: December 8 & 15, 2025 & March 23, 2026 ECHO Rising Star soprano Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir performs {…}
(Photo credits: Crowley, Cadisch, & Simpson) The Oxford International Song Festival has announced its 2024 season lineup. Baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Natalie Burch open the Festival with Schubert’s “Schwanengesang.” Performance Date: October 11, 2024 Soprano Carolyn Sampson and pianist Joseph Middleton present a works by Robert and Clara Schumann. Performance Date: October 12, 2024 Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton {…}
(Photo credit: Paul Marc Mitchell) The English Concert marks its 50th anniversary with new releases of its legacy project, “Handel for All.” This spring the group will put on a number of special concerts and events in celebration, whilst continuing to build its library of recordings of Händel’s works that are free and accessible. Sopranos Jeanine de Bique and Liv {…}
(Credit: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale official website) Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is a look at the operatic and vocal performances. Soprano Amanda Forsythe, mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor, tenor Brenden Gunnell, and bass Joshua Bloom present Schumann’s “Requiem” alongside conductor Richard Egarr and violinist Shunske Sato. Performance dates: Oct. 14 – 17, 2021 Performances {…}
The Garsington Opera has announced its 2020 season which will feature four staged operas including two repertory staples and two rarities. Here is a look. Verdi and Romani’s “Un giorno di regno” gets a new staging by Christopher Alden with Tobias Ringborg conducting. Richard Burkhard, Henry Waddington, Christine Rice, Siobhan Stagg, Konu Kim, and Grant Doyle star in the production. Performance {…}
Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society will continue its annual holiday tradition of presenting Handel’s beloved choral work “Messiah.” H + H gave the American premiere of “Messiah” in its entirety in 1818, and has showcased the “dazzling and joyous” work every year since 1854. The sixty-member professional Baroque chorus and period instrument orchestra will be joined by soprano Elizabeth Watts, {…}
Louise Alder has canceled the Opening Night Gala performance with the London Mozart Players. The company said via social media, “Sadly Louise Alder is indisposed and won’t be able to perform tonight Fairfield Halls but we are thrilled that Elizabeth Watts is stepping in to perform two glorious Mozart arias with Jane Glover conducting.” Watts is a rising star who {…}
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has announced its 2019-20 season. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on vocal performances. Soprano Anna Crookes will be joined by flutist Fiona Fulton, cellist Jonathan Aasgaard, and pianist Ian Buckle of Pixels Ensemble to perform works by Hildegard of Bingen, Dani Howard, George Crumb, Luciano Berio, and Maurice Ravel. Performance Date: {…}
The BBC Proms has announced its 2019 festival featuring some of the great singers, performers and orchestras in the world. For this season announcement we will concentrate on the vocal performances. Omer Meir Wellber leads the BBC Proms Youth Choir and BBC Philharmonic in Haydn’s “The Creation.” He is joined by soloists Sarah-Jane Brandon, Benjamin Hulett, and Christoph Pohl. Performance Date: July 29, {…}