Robert Carsen's production of The Tales of Hoffmann for the Paris Opera dates from 2000 and has, so far, received 44 performances. We s...

This week, I thought, was going be devoted just to tying up loose end for the first performance of my opera When a Man Knows on June 13th; ...

My review of Caroline Sampson's recital Not Just Dowland on Wigmore Hall Live, is here . Riches to be found here …

This year is the 50th anniversary of the death of Rutland Boughton. Unlike 2008, which saw an immense resurgence in performances of music by...

Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers , with its libretto by Auden and Kalman, has not had much exposure recently. A rather puzzling lack which...

My review of Martin Best's 1982 recording, The Dante Troubadours is here on MusicWeb International. Best's performances are convin...

For the final of this season's Choral at Cadogan concerts The Tallis Scholars under their conductor Peter Philips made a welcome reappe...

The press release for the new opera is now out here .

I got a leaflet through the post advertising the Final auditions at the Wigmore Hall on May 21st for the Young Concert Artists Trust. 8 Youn...

Not being a keen devotee of 19th century symphonic music, I have not found this year's Prom's programme particularly enticing. Still...

A couple more reviews from the Nimbus back catalogue, both Christchurch Cathedral Choir under Stephen Darlington. First off, Palestrina'...

On Tuesday we went to the Queen Elizabeth Hall for the Orchestra of the Age of Englightenment's performance of Monteverdi's Vespers ...

Amazingly Stephen Oliver would have been 60 this year. He was so prolific, so early, that even though he died young in 1992, he created a gr...

My cd The Testament of Dr Cranmer has cropped up in the May round-up on MusicWeb International. MUSICWEB DOWNLOAD ROUNDUP MAY 2010: (Disco...

Another couple of reviews of the Nimbus back catalogue. Arias for soprano and trumpet from Helen Field and John Wallace is reviewed here . I...

My review of Weber's Der Freischütz performed by Midsummer Opera is here on Music and Vision (subscription site).

My review of the Naxos recording of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda is here . Nowhere near a library recommendation. ... A name new to me; a ...

The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music opens in a couple of weeks time, on May 8th. Based, as usual, at St. Pancras Church, the fe...

Reading this month's Opera magazine, there's a review of Menotti's The Saint of Bleeker Street from Marseille. As usual with p...

Amazingly it is 5 years since the Royal Opera last performed Rossini's Il Turco in Italia and this was the first revival of Moshe Leise...