Walton’s instrumental scoring is waywardly of its time – picked, one assumes, for timbral impression more than blend, it’s ...

Christopher Alden’s surrealist staging of Partenope remains one of ENO’s most stylish and subversive Handel productions.

Inspired by a painting by Ben Edge depicting an ancient Dolmen threatened by a devil, composer and writer Isabella Gellis ...

You can always rely on the Ryedale Festival to come up with inventive and engaging ideas, so it was no surprise that, not content with the hugely successful Summer Festival in July, they have now ...

Jakub Hrůša’s command of Mahler’s complex structure remained formidable, his balancing of sonorities and long lines ...

Simon Rattle’s appearances at the Barbican are always an event, but this one carried a particular charge: his first London ...

Opera North and Shadwell Opera partner to bring an obscure story to life ...

Thursday evening at Smith Square Hall (the home of Sinfonia Smith Square) opened with an introduction by Iestyn Davies, Artistic Director of the London Festival of Baroque Music, finessing a programme ...

Mussorgsky’s unfinished, sprawling epic Khovanshchina – best translated, with a touch of irony, as “The Khovansky To-Do” – received a superb revival at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, in a performance ...

London Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Community Voices are joined by Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir for a powerful evening of Spirituals and Gospel. A big celebration of Gospel music has become an annual ...

Les Arts Florissants and Amala Dianor Company present the Passion story through a challenging fusion of music and dance. An empty stage with just a raised platform at the back conjured not only the ...