Michael Church – International Piano live roundup May 2024 Queen Elizabeth Hall: Marc-André Hamelin Feb 23 Wigmore Hall: Andras Schiff March 3; Steven Osborne March 12; Pavel Kolesnikov and...Read More
Yuja Wang Royal Festival Hall, London Impoverished by Brexit, shunned by a Philistine government, and shockingly undermined by the Arts Council, classical music in Britain is going through unprecedent...Read More
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Garsington Opera, Wormsley The stage on which Netia Jones’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream unfolds boasts a giant circular screen, an astrolabe, two telescopes...Read More
Giulio Cesare Glyndebourne Festival Opera, West Sussex When director David McVicar unveiled his production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne in 2005, the effect was seismic. How dare he turn...Read More
Aci, Galatea e Polyfemo/Brockes Passion London Handel Festival ★★★☆☆ When Handel’s oratorio Aci, Galatea e Polyfemo was premiered to celebrate a ducal wedding in Naples, it was accompanied...Read More