Sonya Yoncheva, Carolyn Sampson, Sophie Bevan, Reginald Mobley & Nicky Spence Lead Royal Liverpool Philharmonic 2025-26 Season

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Kelsey Thomas and Edward Lloyd perform a lunchtime recital. Performance Date: Sept. 22, 2025 Geoffrey Paterson conducts Julian Bliss and Agustin Pennino in Boccherini, Bernstein, Copland, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Sibelius. Performance Date: Oct. 11, 2025 Domingo Hindoyan conducts Brahms’ Requiem with Sophie Bevan and {…}

May 9, 2025

Lise Lindström, Vida Miknevičiūtė, Véronique Gens, Nicky Spence, Nicole Heaston & Stéphane Degout Lead Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España’s 2025-26 Season

The Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances. Concert Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck” will be conducted by David Afkham. Martin Winkler, Lise Lindström, Rodrigo Porras, Tansel Akzeybek, Jürgen Sacher, Stephen Milling, and Susana Gómez. Performance Dates: Oct. 3 & 5, 2025 Michael Laurenz, Christof Fischesser, Louise McClelland, Valentina Stadler, Tae Hwan Yun, {…}

Apr 22, 2025

Nicky Spence, Sally Matthews, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha Lead Royal Philharmonic’s 2025-26 Season

The Royal Philharmonic has announced its 2025-26 season. Mahler, Bernstein, and Puccini will be conducted by Vasily Petrenko. The Philharmonia chorus will be showcased. Performance Dates: Oct. 21, 2025 Sir John Rutter celebrates his birthday with soloists Melanie Marshall and Jonathan Brown. Performance Dates: Nov. 5, 2025 Daniel Hyde conducts Poulenc’s “Gloria” with Sally Matthews. The program also includes music {…}

Jan 18, 2025

Royal Ballet & Opera 2024–25 Review: Jenůfa

(Photo credit: © Camilla Greenwell/Royal Ballet & Opera) Pinching pitches at an apex, Janáček’s “Jenůfa” scales extremes. The opera tells of sextoness Kostelnička Buryjovka, who takes a lethal misstep to protect her stepdaughter. Persuaded Laca will agree to wed Jenůfa if she’s childless, Kostelnička drowns newborn baby Števa. Rue accrues until Kostelnička confesses. Any other art form would attribute her {…}

Jan 16, 2025

Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence, Carolyn Sampson, Louise Alder Headline Bliss International Song Series 2025

Bliss International Song Series has unveiled its 2025 season. First up is a showcase featuring soprano Louise Alder, tenor Mauro Peter, and pianist Joseph Middleton as they tackle Wolf’s “Italienisches Liederbuch.” Performance Date: Feb. 6, 2025 Sir Thomas Allen will provide a public masterclass, working with students of the Cambridge University Lieder Scheme. Performance Date: Feb. 11, 2025 Then comes Carolyn Sampson {…}

Sep 19, 2024

Anna Bonitatibus Among 2024 Premio Abbiati del Disco Winners

The Premio Abbiati del Disco 2024 has announced its 2024 winners. The prizes, which are awarded by the Associazione Critici musicali italiani, saw Anna Bonitatibus’s album “Monologues” take home the award for Best Solo Album. Meanwhile, the award for Best Opera recording went to Pentatone’s “Dido and Aeneas” with Fleur Barron, Matthew Brook, Giulia Semenzato, Nicky Spence under David Bates and {…}

Aug 12, 2024

Dame Sarah Connolly, Will Liverman, Roderick Williams, & Lucy Crowe Among Performers in Oxford International Song Festival 2024

(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 {…}

Jun 13, 2024

Tomasz Konieczny, Anthony Clark Evans, Elena Tsallagova & Sinéad Campbell Wallace Lead Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2024-25 Season

The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2024-25 Season. Premieres Ligeti’s “Le Grand Macabre” will be conducted by GMD Leo McFall with Pınar Karabulut directing. Seth Carico, Cornel Frey, Galina Benevich, Josefine Mindus, Sion Goronwy, Ariana Lucas, Aaron Cawley, Hovhannes Karapetyan, Inna Fedorii, Fleuranne Brockway, Wooseok Shim, James Young, and Fabian-Jakob Balkhausen starring. Premiere Date: Sept. 28, 2024 Christian Rohrbach conducts {…}

Jun 10, 2024

La Monnaie De Munt Awarded Prix de la Critique for Best Scenography

La Monnaie De Munt has been recognized for its scenography of “Das Rheingold” by the French Comité du Syndicat de la Critique. The production directed and designed by Romeo Castellucci received the award at the Prix de la critique 2022-23 ceremony on June 6. The event was held at the Paris Théâtre de la Ville-Sarah Bernhardt. La Monnaie De Munt’s {…}

May 23, 2024

Classical Pride 2024 Presents ‘Classical Drag’ With Nicky Spence

Classical Pride has announced its five-day festival for Pride 2024. Tenor Nicky Spence and “RuPaul’s Drag Race’s” Monet X Change and Thorgy Thor, among other queens, kick off the celebration with “Classical Drag.” This crossover event features drag performances of arias from “Carmen,” “Turandot,” “Tosca,” and more. Following this, the Fourth Choir, conducted by Nicholas Chalmers presents works by Benjamin {…}

May 15, 2024

Nadine Benjamin, Weston Hurt, Mary Bevan & Heidi Stober Lead English National Opera’s 2024-25 Season

The English National Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Puccini’s “La Bohème” opens the season with a cast that includes Nadine Benjamin, Joshua Blue, Charles Rice, Vuvu Mpofu, Patrick Alexander Keefe, and Dingle Yandell. Clelia Cafiero conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 19, 2024 Sinead Campbell-Wallace and Christine Rice star in Puccini’s “Suor Angelica.” Corinna Niemeyer conducts the production by Annilese Miskimmon. Performance Date: {…}