Features Index
by Barry Creasy
2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Henry Wood, the founder-conductor of the Proms, and the man who initiated the concert series’ link…
Since the late 1970s, the London Handel Society has promoted a festival to celebrate the music of the composer christened Georg Friedrich Händel. There are...
Booking is now open for Garsington Opera’s 30th anniversary season, and what an impressive one it is. Each year, this exquisite house set in the...
There is one respect in which Longborough Festival Opera can be seen as having succeeded where even Glyndebourne did not. When the festival’s founder Martin...
Goodnight, Andrew Preview “For another four pounds we could have got Edward Heath…” André Previn’s 1971 appearance on the Morecambe and Wise Show for a...
Public booking for Glyndebourne’s new season opens online at 6 pm on Sunday, March 3rd and at 10 am on Monday, March 4th for an...
While Glyndebourne, Garsington and the Granges all offer an exceptional summer opera experience, there is one venue in the heart of London that also provides...
Situated near Winchfield in Hampshire, West Green House Opera may be smaller than Glyndebourne, Garsington or the Granges, but, judged by the standards of its...
Although it has quite a history, Nevill Holt Opera, situated near Market Harborough in Leicestershire, always feels new because it constantly seems to be at...
Kings Place has devoted a year-long season – Venus Unwrapped – to concerts featuring the works of female composers, largely performed by female artists. We...
The Glyndebourne Tour was launched by George Christie in 1968, with the aims of bringing first class productions to a wider audience than is possible...
In his speech introducing the Odyssean Ensemble’s performance of William Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae, the Chairman of the Spitalfields Festival Board made the point that we...
In the beautiful surroundings of Ely House, now the Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, just around the corner from the Royal Academy in London, the team from...
It would not be at all surprising to see a Tricolore flying over the Royal Albert Hall this summer, and for the usual rendition of...
Judged by the standard of its recent seasons, West Green House Opera is surely a contender for the title of most underrated summer opera venue...
While part of the delight of Glyndebourne, Garsington and the various Granges is making a day of it, Opera Holland Park’s unique selling point is...
Garsington’s 2018 season is perhaps the most enticing of all the Summer opera offerings: there are four new productions including a world premiere, and the...
Longborough Festival Opera occupies a special place in the summer opera calendar. Nestled in the Gloucestershire Countryside, with glorious views over the Cotswolds, it is...
Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Stimmung, very much a child of post-serialist experimentalism, has, since its first performance in 1968, achieved somewhat of a cult status, not least...
This major exhibition, opening on September 30th, is the first to explore Opera on a grand scale – and what a scale it is, with...
Garsington Opera will present Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande on June 16th, with six further performances. The Philharmonia Orchestra will be conducted by Jac van Steen;...
Prom 40: Queen Victoria’s 200th Anniversary @ Royal Albert Hall, London
Friendly Fires – Inflorescent
Prom 38: Solomon’s Knot @ Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 36: Late-Night Mixtape @ Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 35: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Brabbins @ Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 34: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Barenboim @ Royal Albert Hall, London
The Hold Steady – Thrashing Thru The Passion