(Photo: Connor Apps) The Grange Festival is an arts charity presenting concerts each summer in the historic Grade I-listed neo-classical mansion, The Grange, located in Hampshire. Dating back to the 1660s when a brick mansion was built on site, The Grange since then has belonged to a list of successors including royalty and bankers who have contributed to the architectural {…}
Les Talens Lyriques announces its 2026-27 lineup. Here’s a look at the opera events. Key’mon Murrah presents “Handelian Heroes” with Les Talens Lyriques under the direction of Christophe Rousset. Performance Dates: June 18 & 26, 2026 (Festival de Saint-Denis, Rencontres musicales d’Évian) Händel’s “Ariodante” stars Eve-maud Hubeaux, Marie Lys, Michèle Bréant, Margherita Maria, Nick Pritchard, and Nahuel Di Pierro. They {…}
(Photo: Cris Sunwoo © The Frick Collection) The Frick Collection’s new Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium concert season 2025-26 featured the much anticipated debut of Les Talens Lyriques ensemble led by Christophe Rousset and world-renowned countertenor Key’mon W. Murrah on May 22, 2026. This final concert was well worth the wait and might just be my favorite collaboration of the year. {…}
(Photo credit: L2 Artists) LA Opera will present Les Talens Lyriques and countertenor Key’mon Murrah in “Handelian Heroes” at Zipper Hall at The Colburn School on May 24, 2026. Murrah will perform arias from four of Händel’s “Ariodante,” “Julius Caesar,” “Xerxes,” and “Rinaldo.” Also on the program are instrumental works including the Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 2 and the {…}
OperaFest LA returns in 2026, continuing the collaborative celebration of opera across Los Angeles. The Wallis hosts the “OperaFest LA Kickoff “Panel and Performance. Performance Date:April 11, 2026 (The Wallis) Long Beach Opera presents “Central Park Five.” Performance Date: April 11, 2026 (440 Elm, Long Beach) The Industry hosts “Listening Parties” which blend live performances with recorded work and conversation {…}
(Photo: © Les Talens Lyriques) The Salle Cortot was built in 1929 by architect Auguste Perret and is adjacent to the École Normale de Musique de Paris, founded by Alfred Cortot in 1919. The performance hall is dedicated to teaching French music to local and international students. It hosts intimate concerts and recitals for approximately 400 audience members and is {…}
(Credits: Rundquist, Morrison, Linder, Kramer) The Frick Collection announces its lineup for the 2025-26 season. This article only features vocal concerts. Mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout present an intimate Schubertiade featuring “Schwanengesang.” Performance Date: October 12, 2025 Paul Agnew leads Les Arts Florissants in vocal music of the Seventeenth-Eighteenth-Century Spain, France, and Italy Performance Date: October 26, {…}
Les Talens Lyriques releases its 2025-26 season. Lully’s “Proserpine” opens the 2025 season. Marie Lys, Véronique Gens, Olivier Gourdy, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Ambroisine Bré, Laurent Kilsby, Apolline Raï-Westphal, Nick Pritchard, Olivier Cesarini, and David Witczak make up the cast. They are joined by Chœur de Chambre de Namur led by Thibaut Lenaerts, and Les Talens Lyriques under the direction of Christophe {…}
(Photo credit: Brescia and Amisano) “I should reproach myself even more if I were to allow myself to be credited with the initiative for the new genre of Italian opera … it is to my librettist Calzabigi that the main credit goes …” Gluck, letter of 1775 Let us speak directly of the opera at hand, recently brought to the {…}
(Photo credit: Brescia and Amisano) One of the most common phenomena of the 18th century was the pilgrimage of European composers to Italy, seeking to immerse themselves in the “alla italiana” compositional technique and then return to their homelands to apply this revolutionary formula. Such was the case of Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774), who left his native Bohemia to settle {…}
Details of the 2025 Innsbruck Festival of Early Music have been made public. For the purposes of this article only vocal performances are featured. Concerts First Prize winner of the 2020 Cesti International Singing Competition Margherita Maria Sala performs works by Galuppi, Marcello, Vivaldi, Ristori, and Handel. Sala is accompanied by the Ensemble Locatelli led by Thomas Chigioni. Performance Date: {…}