by admin
In these straitened economic times its both heartening and remarkable to be able to write about the imminent opening of a new Arts venue: the…
by Melanie Eskenazi
The 2011 Glyndebourne Festival opens on May 21st, with a new production of Wagners Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg and goes on to present, among other...
by Evan Dickerson
On entering the glass meeting room within the press office of the Royal Opera House, Ekaterina Gubanova is all smiles and greets me warmly. Our...
by Ben Hogwood
Of all the great nineteenth-century composers, Liszt alone still remains to be fully explored. Alan Walker may have written these words in the foreword to...
by Ben Hogwood
The first instinct on meeting Gabriel Prokofiev is a difficult one to fight. Being the grandson of the composer Sergei, it is inevitable that one...
by Ben Hogwood
Though she is used to giving world premieres almost at the drop of a hat, Dawn Upshaw has one particular project that has become something...
by Adrian Horsewood
A starving Moscow dog is taken in by an eccentric professor who surgically implants human testicles and a pituitary gland; the dog metamorphoses into a...
by Melanie Eskenazi
ENO brings its eagerly-awaited new production of Don Giovanni to the London Coliseum on Saturday November 6th; although it may not prove to be quite...
by Ben Hogwood
Henryck Mikolaj Grecki, who died on 12 November 2010 of a long standing illness, stands proud in Polish musical history as a composer continuing a...
by Sam Smith
On 26 October rising star Nino Machaidze makes her debut at the Royal Opera House playing Juliette in Gounods Romo et Juliette. The Georgian-born sopranos...
by Ben Hogwood
For some time the prophets of doom Norman Lebrecht, for instance have circled around the classical music recording industry, labelling it a spent force. Clearly...
by Melanie Eskenazi
Ian Bostridge never stands still: not content with pre-eminence in Schubert and Britten, he has expanded his repertoire into the more obscure reaches of Handels...
by Stephen Crowe
Whatever lofty claims are made about new composers who do away with convention or find an original voice none of them have ever been as...
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ENOs learning and participation programme is committed to developing audiences and a new programme for the Autumn began with the launch of a series of...
by Melanie Eskenazi
The 2010-2011 ENO season opens on 18th September, and it’s set to be a spectacular one. We caught up with the company’s Artistic Director John...
by Keith McDonnell
Some commentators have been less than kind about The Royal Opera’s 2010/11 Season, but if rumours are to be believed their ‘Olympic Season’ which follows...
by Ben Hogwood
The impression with the 2010 BBC Proms is that Roger Wright is really hitting his stride as director. Three years in, he is now able...
