The latest news on performances of Classical Music in UK / West End.
BBC to Close the BBC Singers as Part of New Strategy for Classical Music
by Aliya Al-Hassan - March 07, 2023
The BBC has announced it is to close the BBC Singers in order to invest more widely in the future of choral singing across the UK, working with a wide range of choral groups alongside launching a major choral development programme for new talent....
AKHNATEN Returns to the ENO With Anthony Roth Costanzo in the Title Role
by Stephi Wild - February 07, 2023
This spring, the Phelim McDermott production of Philip Glass's Akhnaten returns to the London Coliseum for its second English National Opera (ENO) revival since its premiere in 2016....
Review: GODS OF THE GAME, Grange Park Opera
by Gary Naylor - October 07, 2022
Football opera land perfectly between the Women's Euros and the Men's World Cup finding plenty of common ground to delight fans of both art forms...
Robert Carsen's New AIDA Comes to Cinemas This Month
by Stephi Wild - October 03, 2022
This October, the Royal Opera House is delighted to announce that its new production of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, staged by the acclaimed Canadian director Robert Carsen, will be broadcast live from Covent Garden on Wednesday 12 October 2022, reaching over 1,000 cinemas in 34 countries around the...
Review: BBC PROMS AND THE ENO at Printworks London
by Alexander Cohen - September 04, 2022
The Proms, Printworks, and multimedia mayhem. Created and co-produced by award winning counter tenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, Philip Glass's meditative Minimalism and Handel's Baroque elegance crash together in a cacophony of artistic media....
Review: THE MAGIC FLUTE, Arcola Theatre
by Clementine Scott - August 18, 2022
Mozart’s elaborately plotted Singspiel concerning Prince Tamino’s fish-out-of-water immersion in a fantasy land of seductive Egyptian cults, demons, and vengeful queens resists straightforward transferral to a modern setting, but this is what Opera Alegría has attempted....
Review: HMS PINAFORE, Opera Holland Park
by Gary Naylor - August 10, 2022
The Charles Court Opera company team up with Opera Holland Park in a co-production that that is just what we need right now...
BWW Review: OTELLO, Royal Opera House
by Gary Naylor - July 13, 2022
Russell Thomas, Christopher Maltman and Hrachuhi Bassénz excel in an emotional and relevant production of Verdi's adaptation of Shakespeare's masterful study of jealousy, ruthlessness and much more....
Jonas Kaufmann Withdraws From Opening Performance of CAVELLERIA RUSTICA / PAGLIACCI
by Grace Cutler - June 24, 2022
Jonas Kaufman has withdrawn due to the impacts of Covid on his voice and performance....
Royal Opera House Announces Mandatory Face Covering Policy
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 30, 2021
The Royal Opera House has announced a mandatory face covering policy. They shared, 'With government rules now in force which make the wearing of face coverings mandatory on public transport and in shops, we have made this decision with audience and staff safety as our number one priority.'...
BBC Philharmonic Announces Spring Season At The Bridgewater Hall
by A.A. Cristi - November 23, 2021
The BBC Philharmonic is known for its distinctive energy and character and its Spring season (February – June) continues to build that reputation. ...
BWW Review: RIGOLETTO, Royal Opera House
by Gary Naylor - September 17, 2021
Rigoletto delves deep into the human psyche to ask questions both through its subject matter and its melding of music and voices...
BWW Review: PROM 17: VIKINGUR ÓLAFSSON, Royal Albert Hall
by Sophia Lambton - August 15, 2021
Tightly-buttoned Bach met a bombastic Shostakovich in this demonstration of four radically different works that came across as either under- or expressly overstated....