The Mozartists’ MOZART 250 project, directed by Ian Page, has become a touchstone for exploring the late eighteenth-century stage year by year. The latest chapter, focusing on 1775, was a vivid reminder of how much opera of this period still speaks directly to us. By setting Mozart beside his contemporaries, Page allowed the audience to hear both the sparkle of {…}
The Mozartists have announced their new 2025-26 season. First up is “Opera in 1775,” which includes excerpts from operas by Tozzi, Fischietti, Mozart, Haydn, and Sacchini, among others. Ava Dodd, Philippe Durrant, Stephanie Hershaw, Chelsea Zurflüh, and Hugo Brady star. Ian page conducts. Performance Date: Sept. 17, 2025 Countertenor Zheng Jiang headlines a Mozart Birthday Concert at Cadogan Hall. The {…}
The Mozartists will present “La finta giardiniera” to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its MOZART 250 series. The showcase is set for March 25, 2025 at Cadogan Hall. Headlining the showcase will be Ava Dodd as Sandrina, Camilla Harris as Arminda, Milly Forrest as Serpetta, Laura Fleur as Ramiro, Hugo Brady as Belfiore, Michael Bell as Podestà, and Jerome Knox {…}
The Mozartists will present “1775 – A Retrospective” at Cadogan Hall on Jan. 29, 2025. The showcase will feature a scene from Georg Anton Benda’s “Medea” as well as arias by Mozart including ““Si mostra la sorte”, K.209; “Con ossequio, con rispetto”, K.210; and “Voi avete un cor fedele”, K.217. There will be an aria from “La Danza” by Hasse,” {…}
The Mozartists are heading to Cadogan Hall for a performance of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Set for Oct. 21, 2024, the showcase features Alexandra Lowe as the Countess, James Atkinson as Count Almaviva, Ellie Laugharne as Susanna, and Antoin Herrera-López Kessel as Figaro. Other cast members include Frances Gregory, Alessandro Fisher, Katija Dragojevic, Trevor Eliot Bowes, and Isabelle Haile. {…}
The Mozartists have announced their 2022-23 season, the 25th in the company’s history. “I am hugely looking forward to our 25th Anniversary Season. Each concert includes beautiful music that will be new and unfamiliar to over 95 percent of even the most avid audiences, as well as more well-known masterpieces that have the ability to elevate us and stay in our {…}
Ian Page and the Mozartists are set to present two unique concerts celebrating music from the year 1772. The first concert, scheduled for Jan. 27, 2022 at Cadogan Hall, will feature sopranos Chiara Skerath and Jessica Cale as they perform Niccolò Jommelli’s “E Alfeo m’inganno?… Barbari, ah! non ferite” from “Cerere Placate;” “Ombra cara… Io resto sempre a piangere” from {…}
The U.K.-based Mozartists have announced that soprano Jessica Cale is a part of the organization’s Associate Artists Scheme. As part of the program, Cale will receive significant performance opportunities with the ensemble, in a private recital setting, career guidance and coaching, financial support for ongoing study, CDs, and concert dress, as well as marketing and promotion to the press within {…}
Ian Page and The Mozartists are set to return to Wigmore Hall and make their debut at Lichfield Festival with a program exploring Mozart’s travels across Europe. The concert performances will be comprised of a mixture of concertos, symphonies and arias composed in London, The Hague, Paris, Munich, Vienna, Prague and Rome. Soprano Louise Alder will perform three arias, including {…}
Ian Page and The Mozartists will present the UK premiere of Hasse’s two-act opera “Piramo e Tisbe.” Th performance, which is scheduled for March 28, 2019 at the Cadogan Hall, will star Chiara Skerath and Gwilym Bowen, as well as Australian soprano Kiandra Howarth. Page will give a pre-concert talk to introduce Hasse’s 61st opera, which was first performed in Vienna {…}