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Antonio Pappano: 10 key performances at the Royal Opera House

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

As Sir Antonio Pappano steps down as music director of the Royal Opera House, Francis Muzzu takes a look back at a representative selection of his many great achievements with the company over the last 22 years

Classic FM announces opera star as new radio host

News

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

British-Italian singer, Freddie De Tommaso will join the line-up of presenters on the classical music broadcaster

English Touring Opera's Robin Norton-Hale: ‘If you don’t get any letters, that means people thought, “That was all right” – I’d rather they felt something’

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

General director of English Touring Opera, Robin Norton-Hale discusses her sanguine drive to present ambitious performances in the current opera climate

Has opera had enough grey concrete?

Opinion

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

Why on earth am I being made to watch yet another operatic story told within grey concrete walls and under arid strip lighting?

Lidiya Yankovskaya: ‘It was often people around my own age who were telling me that women shouldn’t conduct. I got hate mail’

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

Whether conducting the English National Opera, championing refugee musicians or supporting young composers, Russian-American Lidiya Yankovskaya is mindful of the profound connections to her heritage, cultural identity and artistic conscience

Monteverdi Festival 2024 – where everything was born and is now reborn

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

The Monteverdi Festival blends tradition and innovation, celebrating Monteverdi, his operas, his extraordinary music and his legacy in the vibrant city of Cremona

A look inside the Verbier Festival's Atelier Lyrique Academy

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

Exploring life for tomorrow’s opera stars on the acclaimed Atelier Lyrique programme at the Verbier Festival

Director Damiano Michieletto brings Carmen to life: ‘It will be rural, poor, dirty and sweaty, with a burning sun like a western movie’

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

Damiano Michieletto’s new production of Carmen for the Royal Opera House brings a renewed focus on relationships and psychology to Bizet’s renowned score

Introducing the Summer 2024 issue of Opera Now

News

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

Opera Now's Summer 2024 issue champions women leaders and conductors within the opera world

The winner of the Terence Judd-Hallé Award has been announced

News

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| International Piano

Radio 3 has selected the winner of the highly esteemed piano performance award

Dafydd Jones, tenor | Young Artist of the Month

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

The tenor reflects on a journey that has taken him from rural Wales to the Verbier festival

Festival Verdi 2023 – Verdi: Il trovatore & I Lombardi | Live Review

Review

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

The unqualified success of I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata which inaugurated 2023’s Festival Verdi bodes well for the festival’s future

Vivaldi for a modern world

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Gramophone

Violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte and producer Thylacine may take very different approaches to the Red Priest's music - but what unites them is a belief in its impact for audiences today

Wellness at Welsh National Opera

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

Meeting April Heade, the producer of Welsh National Opera’s successful wellness programme, which uses the power of singing to support individuals with chronic health conditions

'It’s the human stories that bring music into the modern age' - Creating Classics Explained

Features

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

| Opera Now

Music enthusiast Ben Levy shares the journey to creating animated videos of iconic classical music stories, and now hitting over three million views on YouTube

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde at Opéra de Lille | Live Review

Review

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

| Opera Now

Tiago Rodrigues presents his first opera production with Wagner's 'Tristan und Isolde'

Britten: Death In Venice at WNO | Live Review

Review

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

| Opera Now

The New Theatre in Oxford was sold-out for the one night this production travelled so far from Cardiff

Klaus Mäkelä to succeed Riccardo Muti in Chicago

Classical Music News

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

| Gramophone

The Finnish conductor will head up two major ensembles from 2027

Exploring the music of Schubert

Podcasts

Friday, March 29, 2024

| Gramophone

Richard Wigmore joins Editor Martin Cullingford to discuss the great composer's life and works

Giuseppe Verdi: Top 20 Recordings

Features

Thursday, March 28, 2024

| Gramophone

Twenty outstanding Verdi recordings, featuring Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Anja Harteros, Ludovic Tézier, Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni and more

Wigmore hall launches new season and announces ambitious fund

Classical Music News

Thursday, March 28, 2024

| Gramophone

Director's Fund aims to reach £20m to support the next generation of artists

Charlie Mackesy | My Music: ‘I don’t think good music ever really leaves your soul’

Features

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| Gramophone

The author of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse on his life-long love of music – and a new musical of the book for schools

Video of the Day: Her Ensemble perform Joanna Borrett's 'Us' for string orchestra

News

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| Gramophone

The free-form group performs a folk-influenced string work by an emerging composer

Applications for The Honens International Piano Competition are now open

News

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| International Piano

The Canada-based competition will begin with quarter finals in New York and Berlin

Pam Wedgwood wins Lifetime Achievement Award

News

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| International Piano

Composer Pam Wedgwood to be recognised for her contribution to piano education

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Antonio Pappano: 10 key performances at the Royal Opera House

Classic FM announces opera star as new radio host

English Touring Opera's Robin Norton-Hale: ‘If you don’t get any letters, that means people thought, “That was all right” – I’d rather they felt something’

Has opera had enough grey concrete?

Lidiya Yankovskaya: ‘It was often people around my own age who were telling me that women shouldn’t conduct. I got hate mail’

Monteverdi Festival 2024 – where everything was born and is now reborn

A look inside the Verbier Festival's Atelier Lyrique Academy

Director Damiano Michieletto brings Carmen to life: ‘It will be rural, poor, dirty and sweaty, with a burning sun like a western movie’

Introducing the Summer 2024 issue of Opera Now

The winner of the Terence Judd-Hallé Award has been announced

Dafydd Jones, tenor | Young Artist of the Month

Festival Verdi 2023 – Verdi: Il trovatore & I Lombardi | Live Review

Vivaldi for a modern world

Wellness at Welsh National Opera

'It’s the human stories that bring music into the modern age' - Creating Classics Explained

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde at Opéra de Lille | Live Review

Britten: Death In Venice at WNO | Live Review

Klaus Mäkelä to succeed Riccardo Muti in Chicago

Exploring the music of Schubert

Giuseppe Verdi: Top 20 Recordings

Wigmore hall launches new season and announces ambitious fund

Charlie Mackesy | My Music: ‘I don’t think good music ever really leaves your soul’

Video of the Day: Her Ensemble perform Joanna Borrett's 'Us' for string orchestra

Applications for The Honens International Piano Competition are now open

Pam Wedgwood wins Lifetime Achievement Award

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