Opera + Classical Music Reviews
A star is born in Pierrot Lunaire at Covent Garden
by Keith McDonnell
Two for the price of one with Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg
Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida in Schubert and Beethoven at the Wigmore Hall
by Sam Smith
The Jubilee String Quartet performs Schubert on a Sunday morning
by Sam Smith
Every Doge has his day: A Venetian Coronation 1595
by Barry Creasy
Don Pasquale: The Royal Opera revives its bittersweet staging with a fine cast
by Keith McDonnell
Oklahoma! but not as we know it at the Young Vic
by Sam Smith
Leeds Lieder Festival 2022: The pick of a Wigmore Hall song season, in a single weekend
by Melanie Eskenazi
Lohengrin: The Royal Opera’s first post-Covid Wagner staging thrills on every level
by Keith McDonnell
La resurrezione makes Easter Monday complete at St Martin-in-the-Fields
by Sam Smith
Joyce DiDonato: EDEN is a heavenly garden of musical delights
by Keith McDonnell
Fernando, re di Castiglia is complete once more
by Sam Smith
La Traviata: Pretty Yende and Angel Blue are heartbreaking at the Royal Opera House
by Keith McDonnell
Oberto: A mystery that the Chelsea Opera Group delights in revealing
by Sam Smith
Edward Gardner and the LPO deliver a robust ‘German Requiem’
by Keith McDonnell
Parsifal: A feast for the musical senses in Berlin
by Keith McDonnell
Iberian Roots: The Sixteen in a programme of poignant polyphony at Wigmore Hall
by Barry Creasy
Peter Grimes: The Royal Opera presents ‘a lost lone man’ in seedy squalor
by Melanie Eskenazi
Three mezzos excel in Mahler at the Wigmore Hall
by Keith McDonnell
A breath of Bohemian spring from the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov
by Barry Creasy
L’Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato proves a Handel rarity that should be far bet...
by Sam Smith
A new-created world: Haydn’s Creation sparkles with life thanks to the LSO and Christ...
by Barry Creasy
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A star is born in Pierrot Lunaire at Covent Garden 23 May 2022
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European Music Festivals 2022 Preview: continental summer music moments 23 May 2022
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Man On Man @ Green Door Store, Brighton 22 May 2022
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Harry Styles – Harry’s House 20 May 2022
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Jordana – Face The Wall 20 May 2022
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Lykke Li – EyEye 20 May 2022
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Uffie – Sunshine Factory 20 May 2022