WHAT: RockNess Music FestivalWHEN: June 10-12WHERE: Dores, ScotlandWHO: The Chemical Brothers, DJ Shadow, Jamie xx, Matthew Dear, the Cribs, Frighten
Vivaldi's Orlando furioso (1727) is the latest in the Barbican's exciting series of operas based on the theme of Orlando. Orlando was the superhero of
Lists bother me. How do you compare a fish to a pinecone ? But looking back at 2010 opera is a good exercise because it makes you think "why" th
"I used to be a rock!". "I used to be a bough" "And my Dad used to be a lion" cry the cast of Handel's Alcina, at the Barbican, London. They're all in
Ever-enterprising, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama staged a rarity, an opera called Spinalba by Francisco António de Almeida (1702–1752). S
In many ways, Charles Gounod's Roméo et Juliette is more musical than opera. Everyone knows the story and no-one can compete with Shakespeare as
Tonight I and good friend Boulezian were at Helmut Lachenmann's chamber music at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, along with dozens of musicians,
Agostino Steffani was born some 30 years before Handel. A native of Italy but with a career based in Germany, he wrote a body of operas for the courts
Giuseppe di Steffani's Niobe regina di Tebe is a smash hit at the Royal Opera House. Wild card, for sure. Bijoux like Niobe would normally appear in
The Royal Opera House must have been playing safe, staging Jonathan Miller's (not necessarily Mozart's) Così fan tutte to start the 2010/11 sea
September starts the new year in music after the summer break, though the Proms continue. Two Berlin Philharmonic Proms with Simon Rattle - one a repe
