Sir David McVicar’s stagings of this opera of Mozart’s and of Le nozze di Figaro have become Covent Garden classics, gifts that keep on giving
A full house for this season-opening new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. It is Director of Opera Oliver Mears’s first production for his company, and is
Grimeborn Opera’s Die Walküre was scheduled for last year, following its Das Rheingold in 2019, both in the reduced version – of cast and material,
More than a year of Covid-induced lockdowns and restrictions have made many yearn for, among other things, nature and the sociability of live performance in
It was three decades ago when the then City of Birmingham Touring Opera mounted its first production of Wagner’s Ring cycle as a statement of
West Green’s unique selling point among the summer opera festival venues is its exquisite gardens that are lit at nightfall. Normally, the audience do not
Few bona fide keyboard titans play every Prokofiev Piano Sonata, and only a small cohort
This Fourth Symphony of Tchaikovsky first appeared on a five-disc 78rpm set in 1949, but
Launy Grøndahl is here presented as a notable champion of the music of his compatriots.
It seems reasonable that Peter and the Wolf should be narrated by a BBC announcer,
Half a century and more ago Anatole Fistoulari’s (1907-95) name appered on many a recording
The final scene from Gluck’s Don Juan is an orchestral portrayal of the Don being
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D, Op.35; Sérénade mélancolique, Op.26; Valse-Scherzo, Op.34; Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op.42* Julia Fischer (violin), Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg
Beethoven – The Cello Sonatas; Seven Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe’ from Die Zauberflöte, WoO.46 Enrico Mainardi (cello) & Carlo Zecchi (piano) Recorded at
Michel van der Aa – Time Falling Kate-Miller Heidke (singer), Netherlands Chamber Choir, Michel van der Aa & Thijs de Vlieger Recorded at Exalto Studios,
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D, Op.77 David Oistrakh (violin), Orchestre Nationale de la Radiodiffusion Français, Otto Klemperer Recorded at the Salle Wagram, Paris, 17-19th
The Classical Source once again brings you a handy guide to all ten of the Metropolitan Opera productions included in this season’s international broadcast series.
The Classical Source once again brings you a handy guide to all ten of the Metropolitan Opera productions included in this season’s international broadcast series.
