Why, you may ask yourself, have I not heard this opera before? Good question. George Bizet, the composer, is practically…
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For Monday night, this was a special occasion on many accounts for the BBC Proms. It was the debut for…
As a BBC Proms regular, Nicola Benedetti had the Royal Albert Hall’s attention all to herself when she performed to…
Welcome to the BBC Proms 2017. Marking their 90th anniversary, the Proms continues to pursue Henry Wood’s founding principles and…
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“Die Fledermaus” is a waltzy, party of an oper(etta). “The Golden Cockerel,” less familiar, is based on a Russian fable,…
Káťa Kabanová is a romantic tribute to Leoš Janáček’s young lover Kamila Stösslová. The Czech composer never failed to portray…
Brenda Rae, Lucia Zachary Nelson, Enrico Ashton Mario Chang, Edgardo, Lord of Ravenswood, Christian Van Horn, Raimondo Bidebent, a chaplain…
Opera Paralèlle’s “Les Enfants Terribles” is a Jean Cocteau novel-inspired multimedia cocktail of nearly equal parts opera, filmed images, ballet,…
It’s a bunch of firsts for the Hampstead Garden Opera and their new production of Claudio Monteverdi’s marvellous opera L’incoronazione…
When I was growing up, I discovered new music the old-fashioned way: radio, MTV, and mixtapes from cooler friends. Now,…