Our critics pick a daily highlight from the treasure trove of online music to help get you through lockdown. This week we bring you dancing horses and bonking bunnies The French string quartet should ...
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To say that Gluck’s Philemon and Baucis (dating from 1769) and Thomas Arne’s The Judgement of Paris (1742) are rare would be a gross understatement. Both operas last less than an hour, both relate an ...
Thomas Blunt conducted an accomplished small orchestra with verve for Bampton Classical Opera's production of The Italian Girl in London. By Rupert Christiansen 14 September 2011 • 6:23pm There’s ...
As someone who has never felt entirely comfortable having my diary fixed more than a few months ahead, it might seem strange that I should choose to undertake a project which is going to take the best ...
Obsession, tragedy, revenge – opera and classical music has all of the drama you’ll be channelling in 2020. From Verdi to Dvořák, London stages will boast an eclectic mix of productions, not to ...
Turnage’s Festen at the Royal Opera House swept all before it, but there was plenty of extraordinary new music, exhilarating performances and triumphs of talent, commitment and resourcefulness across ...
A McDonald's restaurant in Australia has taken to blaring out classical and opera music from its speakers in a bid to stop teenagers hanging around outside. The branch of the fast food outlet in the ...
Who doesn’t love opera outdoors? Fresh air, a picnic enjoyed in verdant surroundings and, best of all, a sense that you are right there on stage with the performers. Yet such summery bliss can be ...
When the Opera Babes sing at this year's Classical Brit Awards at London's Royal Albert Hall, it will be with the knowledge that they have come a long way in a short space of time. Though not among ...
The bare bones of Mozart’s unfinished opera Zaide comprise one glorious aria for the enslaved heroine – the aspirational “Ruhe sanft” – and an assortment of other numbers which might be considered ...
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