Strauss’s radiant Four Last Songs were first heard 76 years ago at the RAH, which makes each appearance just that bit more ...

Does it succeed in surpassing the current competition? Instrumentally there’s certainly a case for saying so. For instance, in the opening symphony we are treated to bright jewelled textures, with ...

Music composed by Giuseppe Verdi 1813-1901). Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano after El trovador by Antonio GarcÌa GutiÈrrez.

The qualities that made Corelli a star fan out in proud display — firm attack, dark-hued honey tone, aggressive leaps to a ringing top. Idiosyncrasies that prompted quibbles are in evidence as well, ...

with a Prokofiev masterpiece, of which he informed his audience this Soviet Opera “is the first time performed by a non-Russian orchestra and choir.

Chatting over coffee last week I found him refreshingly unegotistical about his status, and full of praise for his colleagues in London and for the production of Tosca – ‘It was really something ...

In today’s market, a second will not be soon arriving, but not to worry. On the debit side, although the opera’s score presents itself as the sturdy dramatic work of a talented craftsman, it lacks ...

Music composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck. Libretto by Nicolas-FranÁois ...

nothing to do with Wagner’s opus. Nor really much to with anything else, ...

From onesto on, these phrases all begin with the same three notes—it is not easy to tell which is the singing coach and which the slow-witted pupil, but the audience knows that Iago, usurping Otello’s ...

It was thus with some excitement that I opened a new 3-CD set from Orfeo, consisting of the first release ever of any performance of Lohengrin conducted by the conductor sometimes known among ...