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Tuesday, 24 February 2026

A significant commitment to bringing orchestral music to audiences across North Yorkshire: John Wilson, Sinfonia of London & Ryedale Festival in three-year partnership

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John Wilson & Sinfonia of London The Ryedale Festival has announced a new three-year partnership with Sinfonia of London and the conduct...

What began as a record of performances has become essential infrastructure for artistic planning: Operabase turns 30

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This year Operabase celebrates its 30th anniversary, marking three decades of shaping how the global performing arts community works, collab...

Bringing music & art into a space which belongs to everyone: Olivia Warburton's The Big House Arts Festival at Lincoln Cathedral

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Lincoln Cathedral The Big House Arts Festival is a three day multi-arts festival showcasing chamber music and art in Lincoln Cathedral from ...
Monday, 23 February 2026

One of the few operas by a woman produced at the Paris Opera in the 19th century. Augusta Holmès' La Montagne noire finally gets its UK premiere

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Augusta Holmès' La Montagne noire at Theater Dortmund in 2024 Whilst best known for her orchestral symphonic poems, the French composer...

Keeping it local: David Butt Philip & Friends Gala at St Paul's Opera, Clapham

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David Butt Philip & Friends Gala - David Butt Philip - St Paul's Opera, Clapham, 2025 - 'Falke, falke, du wiedergefundener'...

A busy summer: from touring The Marriage of Figaro directed by Danielle de Niese to recording Iain Farrington's version of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, Wild Arts goes from strength to strength

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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin - Emily Hodkinson, Xavier Hetherington - Wild Arts 2025 (Photo: Allan Titmuss) Wild Arts, the Essex-based musica...
Saturday, 21 February 2026

Leonardo Vinci's Artaserse in Chicago: Haymarket Opera Company's Craig Trompeter on countering the tendency for audiences to only listen to music that they know.

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Vinci: Artaserse - Craig Trompeter & orchestra of Haymarket Opera  Company  (Photo: Elliot Mandel) As Chicago-based Haymarket Opera Com...
Friday, 20 February 2026

Farewell to a legendary singer: José van Dam, the definitive Saint François in Messiaen's opera Saint François d'Assise, dies at 85

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José van Dam in the title role of Olivier Messiaen‘s Saint François d’Assise , Salzburg Festival, 1998. (Photo: © SF/Bernd Uhlig ) The legen...

Sonic & dramatic splendour: Jonathan Cohen, Arcangelo & a strong cast demonstrate the richness to be found in Handel's Saul to open the London Handel Festival

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Handel: Saul - Christopher Purves, Arcangelo (Photo: Craig Fuller) Handel: Saul ; Christopher Purves, Hugh Cutting, Jessica Cale, Emőke Bar...
Wednesday, 18 February 2026

Handel through Mozart’s eyes: Handel Hendrix House offers us a chance to see Mozart studying Handel's music

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Mozart's fugue based on Handel (Photo: Handel Hendrix House) Mozart visited London in 1764-5 as part of a long European tour with his fa...

Britain's longest-established string quartet? Sacconi Quartet celebrates 25 years with the line-up unchanged

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The Sacconi Quartet - Ben Hancox, Hannah Dawson, Robin Ashwell, Cara Berridge (Photo: Clive Barda) The Sacconi Quartet is celebrating its 2...

Shake Up & Smell the Rain featuring children from Belham Primary school on Alex Paxton's new album, Candyfolk Space Drum

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Alex Paxton 's fifth studio album, Candyfolk Space Drum  is released on 3 April 2026 on Jonah Records . As exuberant as ever, Paxton...
Tuesday, 17 February 2026

Epic Theatre? ENO's incoming music director, André de Ridder at the helm for Brecht & Weill's tricky piece of operatic music theatre, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

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Brecht & Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - English National Opera (Photo: Tristram Kenton) Brecht & Weill:  Rise and...
Monday, 16 February 2026

Sir Alexander Gibson: Scottish Opera, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Royal Conservatoire of Scotland come together to celebrate his centenary

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Sir Alexander Gibson Wednesday 11 February 2026 marked 100 years since the birth of Sir Alexander Gibson (1926-1995).  Gibson became the fir...

Violinist (and media sensation) Esther Abrami celebrates International Women's Day at Institut français

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Esther Abrami The French violinist Esther Abrami, who studied at Chetham's School of Music, the Royal College of Music and Royal Birming...

A lightness of touch yet shot through with seriousness: a new Marriage of Figaro at Opera North with an engaging sense of ensemble

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Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro , Act 4 - Gabriella Reyes, James Newby - Opera North, 2026 (Photo: Tristram Kenton) Mozart: The Marriage of ...
Saturday, 14 February 2026

The power of the ordinary: Phyllida Lloyd's wonderful, stripped-back version of Britten's Peter Grimes revived at Opera North with a fully rounded performance from John Findon as Grimes

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Britten: Peter Grimes , Act One, Scene One - Opera North, 2026 (Photo: James Glossop) Britten: Peter Grimes ; John Findon, Philippa Boyle, ...
Friday, 13 February 2026

Sky with the Four Suns: we get up close and personal with Manchester Collective in the Crypt at St Martin-in-the-Fields

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Sky with the Four Suns:  Pärt, Purcell, Britten, Mica Levi, Jasmine Morris, John Luther Adams; Manchester Collective; Crypt up-close, St Mar...

Tosca in Oxford: Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra launches new opera company with Sir Bryn Terfel as artistic director

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Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra (OPO), artistic director Marios Papadopoulos, has done occasional concert performances of opera, but this Sept...
Thursday, 12 February 2026

Miracles & Mysteries: the 2026 Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival

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This year's Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival takes Miracles & Mysteries as its theme. For one captivating weekend, 2...

Frederick Waxman & Figure are Side by Side again, with Baroque music alongside the new including a commission from Isabella Gellis

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Frederick Waxman and Figure Frederick Waxman and his ensemble Figure are back at Smith Square Hall on 9 April 2026 with another of their Sid...
Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Deidamia, Messiah, 20 years of the festival orchestra: International Handel Festival Göttingen 2026

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George Petrou's producttion of Handel's Deidamia at Wexford Festival Opera in 2025 with Nicolò Balducci  (Photo: Pádraig Grant) The ...

Alice's Adventures Underground, Puccini's Golden Girls & masterclass with Louise Alder: Opera Holland Park's Opera in Song returns

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Julien Van Mellaerts at Opera in Song in 2022 Opera in Song , baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and pianist Dylan Perez' song recital series...
Tuesday, 10 February 2026

Fantastical & surreal: Thaddeus Strassberger's vision of Berlioz' Benvenuto Cellini in Brussels anchored by a heroic performance from tenor John Osborn

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Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini  - Final scene - La Monnaie/De Munt (Photo: Simon Van Rompay) Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini ; John Osborn, Ruth Inie...