Henry Purcell News

New York City Ballet Principal Dancer HARRISON BALL will give his final performance with New York City Ballet on Sunday, April 30, performing in George Balanchine’s Haiff Divertimento and Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun.

The Molinari Quartet puts the spotlight on English music for its next concert on February 17th with the impressive Quartet no.2 by Benjamin Britten and Thomas Adès' second quartet entitled Four Quarters. The concert will also be the occasion for the Molinari Quartet to premiere Brian Cherney's Quartet no.7.

One of my favourite theatrical moments of the year at Theatre Royal Bath was Into the Woods: a trippy version of Stephen Sondheim's musical, thanks to Terry Gilliam's surreal Monty Python-esque imagination. This mind-bending show deserves space in the West End soon.

Musical Concepts has announced the return of Orpheus The return of the Orpheus label on Musical Concepts is a story of the revival of America's largest and yet least-known classical music record label.

On Nov. 18-20, 2022, Chatham Baroque will present The Virtuoso Recorder, a program of sparkling concertos and sonatas for recorder and strings from Baroque Italy, featuring Chatham Baroque and virtuoso recorder player Judith Linsenberg.

Opera Atelier has shared a first look from the Elgin Theatre and its iconic production of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, on stage October 20 and 22 at 7:30pm and October 23 at 2:30pm. 

It's a double first at Theatre Royal Bath with Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Regarded as England's first opera when initially performed around 1688, it's also the first opera to be performed in the intimate Ustinov Studio.

Acclaimed early music ensemble TENET Vocal Artists, led by Artistic Director Jolle Greenleaf, presents Sound the Trumpet on Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 7:00pm at St. Luke in the Fields (487 Hudson Street).

The opera DIDO AND AENEAS may clock in under an hour, but this production by Bodhi Tree Concerts is a delightful evening spent at a theatre. Performances are only this weekend through Sunday, September 25th so don’t delay!

Stage Director Vanessa Dinning talks about bringing DIDO AND AENEAS to life for three performances only on September 23rd, 24th, and 25th from Bodhi Tree Concerts.

An Early Music New York season will cover a lot of ground, geographical as well as historical. The trajectory of EM/NY's 2022-2023 season describes a zig-zagging arc that originates in Italy in the early baroque period, and as the century progresses travels east to Austria and middle Europe, north to Germany, west to France and north to England.

Opera Atelier has announced the company's return to the Elgin Theatre with its iconic production of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, on stage October 20 and 22 at 7:30pm and October 23 at 2:30pm.

The Rembrandt Chamber Musicians, Chicago's flagship ensemble covering the full spectrum of classical chamber music, has announced details of its 33rd concert season, 2022-2023, comprising five programs to be performed at venues in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois.

City Ballet of Boston and BoSoma Dance Company will present 'Side by Side,' an evening of contemporary dance. This double-bill performance offers a wide range of 21st century original and newly re-staged works. The performances will take place on Friday, October 28th at 8pm; Saturday, October 29th at 2pm & 8pm; and Sunday, October 30th at 2pm.

Bodhi Tree Concerts presents a new, fully staged production of Henry Purcell's iconic opera, Dido and Aeneas, playing for three performances on September 23, 24, and 25 at Bread & Salt in Logan Heights.

Tafelmusik launches its 2022/23 season of live concerts with Handel’s London, a program inspired by the lively metropolis where musical influences intersect. Guest directed by Grammy Award-winning harpsichordist Avi Stein, Handel’s London takes place on Sept 23, 2022 at 8pm and Sept 24, 2022 at 2pm at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St.

Las obras de compositores europeos del periodo barroco integran el programa del Ciclo de Música Antigua que presentará la Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera (CNMO), del 20 de agosto al 11 de septiembre en el Salón de Recepciones del Museo Nacional de Arte (Munal), como parte de la estrategia #VolverAVerte de la Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal). 

On Friday, September 23 at 7:30 pm, Grammy-nominated early music ensemble Ars Lyrica Houston begins its 2022-23 season with an exultant concert in Zilkha Hall featuring eight solo singers and a colorful Baroque orchestra.

Sacred choral music from both sides of the Atlantic will travel with the Choir of Merton College, Oxford on its first tour since before the Covid pandemic. Merton's choral scholars and their Director of Music Benjamin Nicholas are bound for the United States this autumn to perform at the New York City Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Park Avenue (15 September 2022).

Fiona Brice has announced the release of her new album And You Know I Care via Bella Union and available to preorder here. To celebrate the announcement Brice has shared a beautiful and mezmerising video for the title track created by Rankin. Watch the music video for the new single now!