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Puccini's heroines: an audio guide

Features

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

| Gramophone

Leading conductors and singers reflect on the female characters in Puccini's operas

Secrets of the Forest: A revival of Ethel Smyth's 'Der Wald'

Features

Monday, February 5, 2024

| Opera Now

Ethel Smyth's opera 'Der Wald' (The Forest) enjoys a revival thanks to a new recording by the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Vocal health: removing the mystery and stigma surrounding vocal wellbeing and injury for singers

Features

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Opera Now

Former opera singer, now founder and CEO of Valentine Voice Care, Kate Valentine tells Opera Now about the motivation behind her voice centres and the importance of industry-wide education to de-stigmatise vocal injury and create safer working environments

Vendome names Robert Bily ‘one of our strongest winners ever’

Features

Monday, January 29, 2024

| Gramophone

In its debut outing at Mannes School of Music, the biennial piano competition made as much of an impression as its winner, Robert Bily

Bruckner's Symphony No 1, an introduction by Gerd Schaller

Features

Monday, February 19, 2024

| Gramophone

Gerd Schaller on the immediacy and philosophical nature of the composer’s first numbered symphony

Timothy Ridout on 'A Lionel Tertis Celebration'

Podcasts

Friday, January 26, 2024

| Gramophone

The British viola-player pays musical tribute to one of his musical forebears, a true pioneer of the instrument

Video of the Day: ‘When the Earth Stands Still’ performed by Lyyra

Classical Music News

Friday, February 16, 2024

| Gramophone

The Don Macdonald work is performed by the brand new all-female vocal ensemble

BBC makes announcement on the future of the BBC Singers

News

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

| Gramophone

Encouraging news for the flagship choir

Historical Perspectives: Carl Friedberg

Features

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Mark Ainley introduces the historically invaluable legacy of Carl Friedberg, a pianist who studied with Clara Schumann, was coached by Brahms and taught for many years at Juilliard

Jonathan Dove: Marx in London at Scottish Opera | Live Review

Review

Thursday, February 22, 2024

| Opera Now

'Stephen Barlow’s imaginative direction unfurled yet more layers of mischief'

Organ Music of Pierre Kunc – French composer and organist (Damin Spritzer)

Review

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Damin Spritzer, as usual, plays this unknown repertoire with a impressive sense of devotion and attention to detail

Don't miss: Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra’s Mozart Day 2024

Classical Music News

Thursday, February 29, 2024

| Gramophone

Join us on the Gramophone website on Sunday, March 3, to watch Concerto Budapest’s celebration of Mozart

The 12 Ensemble's new album, Metamorphosis

Podcasts

Friday, March 1, 2024

| Gramophone

Cellist Max Ruisi and violinist Eloisa-Fleur Thom on their new release on Platoon

Nevill Holt Opera rebrands as Nevill Holt Festival

News

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

| Opera Now

Leicestershire-based arts festival announces new formation

Conductors Are Just Human Beings. Who Knew?

Blogs

Monday, April 22, 2024

| Gramophone

The 20th Malko Competition highlighted a generational shift in what we think of as ‘a conductor’ - is the end nigh for the age of the maestro?

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