U.K. charity Music and Theatre for All has been awarded a major grant by The Arts Council, which they will use to fund three new projects. The first project is Urban Opera, which will gather participants from across the United Kingdom. Over the next year, the organization will work with local communities, youth groups, choirs, local bands, designers, industry professionals, {…}
(Credit: Tim Dunk Photography) The Vache Baroque Festival will present Purcell’s opera “Dido and Aeneas” on September 4 & 6, 2020. Katie Bray, winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize at Cardiff Singer of the World 2019, will headline the cast as Dido. Bray’s recent roles include Zerlina in Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Don Giovanni,” title role in Vivaldi’s “La Griselda,” Dorabella in {…}
A number of major artists have joined forces to support Help Musicians. Led by director Thomas Guthrie, artists recorded a new arrangement of “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” to promote the fund, which is helping artists who have lost income due to the spread of COVID-19. Soloists included in the recording are Joelle Harvey, Alex Fletcher, Hazel Harvey-Fletcher, Osian {…}
(Credit: Theresa Pewal) When audiences check out Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo” on July 5 and 7, 2019 at the York Early Music Festival and LOS St. Luke’s London, they will see the iconic opera utilizing puppetry and ancient Greek theatrical techniques. Developed under director Thomas Guthrie, with the cooperation of students at Princeton University, these techniques will showcase one of the Guthrie’s {…}