I Fagiolini, From Venice with Love Wilder Gutterson 06/10/2024I Figiolini, a vocal ensemble specialising in Early music, presented a programme entitled From Venice (to Rome) With Love at...
Antonio Pappano: My Life In Music Rivka Jacobson 13/07/2024Antonio Pappano’s autobiography, “My Life In Music,” offers an engaging and insightful journey through the life of one of the...
Opera Rara – Donizetti and Friends Tim Hochstrasser 06/06/2024In this second concert, Opera Rara bring together Ermonela Jaho and Carlo Rizzi to perform another group of Donizetti’s songs,...
Streams of Pleasure Tim Hochstrasser 28/05/2024This concert given by Iestyn Davies, Mary Bevan and the Early Opera Company, led by Christopher Bucknall, not only delivered...
Reviewer's rating Cecilia Bartoli and Lang Lang (Recital) Josi Steinfeld 04/04/2024One must travel to Europe to hear her. Bartoli sang the shepherd boy in Tosca aged nine. She sang Rosina...
BOOK REVIEW The Sleeping Beauties Tim Hochstrasser 23/03/2024‘Sleeping Beauties’ is Lucy Ashe’s second novel, coming swiftly after ‘Clara & Olivia’, reviewed here last year. It explores similar...
Lettice & Lovage – in aid of Alzheimer’s Research UK Rivka Jacobson 19/03/2024Sir Peter Shaffer’s sparkling comedy and exquisite satire Lettice & Lovage was first performed in 1987. It ran for over...
Reviewer's rating Dido And Aeneas Josi Steinfeld 06/02/2024When American superstar mezzo Joyce DiDonato comes to town, it is always a hot ticket. This time she returns with...
Reviewer's rating Rossi – The Songs of Solomon Owen Davies 15/12/2023This extraordinary concert at St John’s Smith Square was part of the Rossi400 project organised by Vache Baroque, a group...
Josef Mysliveček The Bohemian composer Mel Cooper 21/11/2023I want to draw your attention in this feature article to the Bohemian composer, Josef Mysliveček (1737 – 1781). He’s...
