Features Index
by Dominic McHugh
A witty conversationalist and modest interlocutor, baritone Anthony Michaels-Moore’s real-life persona could hardly be further from that of the character he’s about to play at…
With the Royal Festival Hall threatening to finally reopen in June of this year, its competitors must work especially hard to attract both audiences and...
Antonio Pappano in the pit and a high-octane cast including Eva Maria-Westbroek, Bryn Terfel and Placido Domingo gracing the boards, anticipation is sky high (from...
One of the joys of living in London is that you can go out almost every night of the year and see world-class music-making. Londoners...
John Fulljames is the Artistic Director of the middle-scale touring company The Opera Group, which is gaining a reputation for exciting and accessible productions of...
Mezzo-soprano Felicity Palmer is one of the most respected and admired opera singers of the past three decades, her vivid performing style, pronounced acting ability...
Sarah Chang is the classic child prodigy, beginningto play the violin at the age of four, performing withmajor orchestras by the age of eight.While mostviolinists...
2006 was the year of the big anniversary, as orchestras and opera houses went head to head in celebrating the 250th and 100th birthdays of,...
American opera and theatre director Francesca Zambello’s productions have been seen the world over.From La bohme in the round at the Royal Albert Hall to...
It’s been a busy year for composer Will Todd, his projects including an off-Broadway musical, an opera world premiere at Gateshead and another for Welsh...
The clocks have turned back and winter’s here.But there’s no need to despair: some of London’s best concerts and opera productions might just help you...
If there is such a thing as the ‘ideal Tosca’, the name that springs to mind is that of Maria Callas. Less familiar to those...
American soprano Katie van Kooten has benefited from her time on the Royal Opera’s Young Artists Programme even more than most.Back in November 2004, only...
When the musical style known as Minimalism began to take hold in thelate 1960s it would have seemed almost inconceivable that, 40 years on,whole weekends...
A special excitement is gathering around the Royal Opera’s next production it’s the world premiere of an opera that has been several years in development.Bird...
In recent seasons, Piotr Beczala has appeared as the Italian Tenor in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier and as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, both to...
American tenor Kurt Streit is something of a rarity in the opera world: he is both a specialist in a particular repertoire (Mozart) and a...
Jiri Belohlavek’s first full season as chief conductor of the BBCSymphony Orchestra shows promise in a series of concerts that reaffirms theensembles commitment to contemporary...
Monday, 25th September will mark the exact centenary of the birth ofDmitri Shostakovich, who has latterly become one of the most influentialand most performed composers...
This was not the most ideal time to sample musical life in Hungary as the summer holiday period was still not quite over.Nevertheless, there was...
The leading Wotan of his generation, Sir John Tomlinson has sung at Bayreuth every year since 1988 and has appeared regularly at the two London...
Nitin Sawhney, Kathryn Joseph, Kel Assouf… This Week In Gigs
Wild Nothing @ Mama Roux’s, Birmingham
Neneh Cherry @ Roundhouse, London
Stile Antico @ Wigmore Hall, London
Ladytron – Ladytron
This Music Made Me: Ladytron
Ariana Grande – thank u, next
The Dream of Gerontius @ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
The Wave Pictures @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester
Ian Brown – Ripples
Katya Kabanova @ Royal Opera House, London
Tears For Fears @ Brighton Centre, Brighton
Preview: Nevill Holt Opera 2019
The Residents @ Union Chapel, London
Steve Mason – About The Light