Classical and Opera Features
by Sam Smith
#OperaHarmony is assembling homemade ‘micro-operitas’, pairing composers with librettists to create pieces on the themes of distance or community
by Melanie Eskenazi
musicOMH’s classical team is here to help you in these pandemical times
by Barry Creasy
With no live opera or concerts for the forseeable future, where can a classical fix be found?
by Sam Smith
Founded in 1998, Longborough Festival Opera is possibly the only summer opera venue in the United Kingdom that puts Wagner at the centre of its...
by Melanie Eskenazi
Since the move to West Horsley Place in 2017, Grange Park Opera has re-established itself as one of the essential destinations for audiences who love...
by Sam Smith
While part of the delight of Glyndebourne, Garsington and the Granges is the act of making a day of it, Opera Holland Park’s unique selling...
by Sam Smith
Located near Winchfield in Hampshire, West Green House Opera may be smaller than Glyndebourne, Garsington or the Granges, but, judged by the standards of its...
by Sam Smith
Situated near Market Harborough, Nevill Holt Opera boasts beautiful gardens, sculpture by Anthony Gormley, Marc Quinn and Conrad Shawcross, and stunning views across the Leicestershire...
by Barry Creasy
Those lucky enough to be travelling to Vienna over the coming months may well wish to take in an evening of music as part of...
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...
by Barry Creasy
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...
by Melanie Eskenazi
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...
by Sam Smith
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...
by Barry Creasy
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...
by Melanie Eskenazi
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...
by Sam Smith
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...
by Sam Smith
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...
by Sam Smith
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...
by Barry Creasy
Kings Place has devoted a year-long season – Venus Unwrapped – to concerts featuring the works of female composers, largely performed by female artists. We...
by Melanie Eskenazi
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...
by Melanie Eskenazi
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...
