DIRECTOR- BARRIE KOKSY
REVIVAL DIRECTOR- DONNA STIRRUP
CONDUCTOR- LAURENCE CUMMINGS
Probably no opera hero arouses such laughter and such sympathy as the Seville barber. Thanks to the phenomenal comedy of Beaumarchais Figaro invents harmless intrigues, opposes iniquity and at the same time entertains to tears. Rossini’s extremely spontaneous music gives an incredible dynamism to the love adventures. The tempo and energy emanating from this work of the young composer have already accompanied the creation of The Barber: according to the.
Baritone Christian Federici reprises his role as Moralès in Bizet’s Carmen in this co-production with Ravenna Festival
John Andrews, Trinity Orchestra’s dynamic Music Director, takes up the baton to bring to life a truly exciting and varied programme of 20th-century orchestral works.
Judgement Day for Don Giovanni, the world’s greatest lover. A supernatural comedy-thriller occurring in breakneck real time; beginning with murder, ending with a statue coming to dinner & a hellish sentence passed on the legendary seducer; the epic downfall of a man who always knows what we need, always makes us happy, but eventually realises he is out of time. Polarising audiences for centuries, startlingly modern yet a dinosaur, can.
David Titterington performs organ music by Harris, Andriessen, Ritter and Samuel Wesley.
‘Opera & Brunch’ together with baritone Stefan Astakhov and pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz. Start your Sunday amidst the best opera talents and a delicious buffet
Christmas Concert with audience carols and seasonal readings
In “Tales of Hoffmann” directed by Alexander Petrov, conductor Pavel Bubelnikov and artist Natalia Klemina, the glare and shadow of a mysterious looking glass mirror captivate and transfer to other worlds not only the heroes of the performance, but also the audience in the hall. The real world and its romantic illusion in the minds of the poet and dreamer Hoffmann exist inseparably, and in this phantasmagoria fatally unattainable love takes on, elusive happiness …
The Fidelio Orchestra will be putting on a production of its namesake – Beethoven’s opera Fidelio – in the intimate setting of Conway Hall. Thomas Humphreys will perform Don Fernando
A concert dedicated to Franz Schubert • Deux lieder transcrits par Liszt : Du bist die Ruh et Liebesbotschaft • Quatre Impromptus, D 935 Entracte • Sonate D 850
Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 | Youth Philharmonic Fusion | Josep Caballé-Domenech · Guest Director · Spain | Betty Garcés · Soprano · Colombia│Susan Platts · Mezzosoprano · United Kingdom / Canada
The unique resonance of Venice in 1913 is the setting for Britten’s intense and atmospheric opera about a burnt-out, middle-aged writer obsessed with youth while haunted by death. David McVicar’s major new production is the first of two Britten operas this Season, part of The Royal Opera’s ongoing Britten cycle, and features a strong contingent of British artists, headed by Mark Padmore as the troubled Aschenbach, with Gerald Finley in.
Performed by Crowthorne Choral Society and Wellington College Students and Orchestra, Simon WIlliamson directs Mozarts Requiem with top professional solosits including baritone Thomas Humphreys
Philippe Cassard performs Schubert Impromptus and Sonata No.20 as part of Les Dimanches Musicaux series in the theatre at Castres in Southern France.
Inaugural Lied Recital with Laetitia Grimaldi and Ammiel Bushakevitz at the Academy of the arts in Xining
Mezzo-Soprano Susan Platts sings in Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony
Christian Federici plays the role of Moralès in the Ravenna Festival Production of Bizet’s masterpiece Carmen, directed by Vladimir Ovodok
In anticipation of Beethoven’s 250th birthday in 2020, the first of three concerts in the Laon Festival of his piano trios. From the first opus conceived in the last years of the eighteenth century, to the “Trio of Spirits” through which E.T.A. Hoffmann described the romantic spirit of music as a universe of in-between. BILLETTERIE EN LIGNEAJOUTER À VOTRE AGENDA Ludwig van Beethoven Trio op.1 n° 1 en Mi bémol.
Yakov Strivhak performs the role of Crown in Porgy and Bess
Kamilla Dunstan covers the role of EURYDICE WOMAN during its English National Opera Autumn Season run
As part of the Noonday Getaway Concert Series, Tyler Duncan performs a programme of English Songs with Erika Switzer
Barbara Cole Taylor returns to Scottish Opera for the 1980 production of Puccini’s Tosca.
Kamilla Kate Dunstan performs the role of Flosshilde for this unique concert performance of Wagner’s Das Rheingold
Following his recent performances as Guglielmo in Elisabetta Regina d’Inghilterra (English Touring Opera); Monsieur Triquet Eugene Onegin (Buxton Festival); and Conte Almaviva Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Pop-Up Opera) Joseph Doody plays the role of Mosquito in this colourful production inspired by a newspaper comic strip.
Yakov Strizhak performs the role of King Rene in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta at St Petersburg’s leading children’s theatre company.
A charming confection with a beating heart, ETO’s period production of The Seraglio, directed by Stephen Medcalf and conducted by John Andrews, promises to be a good night out for all.
Celebrating its 37th year, l’Automne Musical de Taverny (The Autumn Music Festival of Taverny) presented a recital of Chopin, Debussy and Schubert from Philippe Cassard.
One of London’s leading chamber choirs, The Purcell Singers is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2019. They are marking the occasion with a performance of one of the masterpieces of Romantic choral music: Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem. This performance is of the composer’s own arrangement of the work for piano duet.
In stark contrast with the traditional Latin mass for the dead, Brahms’ Requiem is a setting of seven passages from scripture that he chose himself in order to communicate a positive and optimistic message of consolation, hope and joy to come.
Ilker Arcayürek may currently be something of an insider tip but his star is rising fast in the opera and lied firmament. Once you have heard his golden, velvety timbre with dark baritone foundations and solid heights, this tenor will have you hooked. With his slimmed-down, flexible use of the voice, crystal clear pronunciation and natural expressiveness, Arcayürek picks up the subtlest fluctuations in mood from the text. He is.
The Leicester Symphony Orchestra celebrate their 98th season.
A concert in aid of Cape Classic supporting South Africa with Trio Présence, Petr Matêják, violin, Isa von Wedemeyer, violoncello and Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano
Petr Matêják, violin
Isa von Wedemeyer, violoncello
Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano
ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE LILLE & CHOIR OF THE “GEORGE ENESCU” PHILHARMONIC CHILDREN CHOIR OF THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL RADIO SOCIETY ALEXANDRE BLOCH conductor IOSIF ION PRUNNER conductor of the choir RAZVAN RĂDOS conductor of the children’s choir
The Ottawa Choral Society and an all-star solo line-up join the NAC Orchestra for this magnificent work from one of history’s preeminent composers.
Alison Rose soprano
Angharad Lyddon mezzo
Joseph Doody tenor
Marcus Farnsworth baritone
Libby Burgess piano