Swedish soprano Elisabet Strid has become one of the most compelling Wagnerian voices of her generation. A regular presence ...

The Grange Festival, set in idyllic grounds featuring sweeping views, ancient cedar trees and a stunning lake, represents the more grand surroundings for Summer operas, whereas Grange Park Opera ...

This was Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, which triumphed in the second in 1889. While Sonzogno’s reasons for holding the competitions were largely commercial, he was also interested in ...

Ina Boyle (1889–1967), despite having written music in a wide range of genres (opera, ballet, chamber music, orchestral music and a deal of art song) has been much neglected by history. The reasons ...

Soprano Nardus Williams, lutenist Elizabeth Kenny and classicist Mary Beard in a programme of music and readings that salutes the powerful roles of women in classical antiquity, Renaissance Italy and ...

Mark van de Wiel, Principal Clarinet of the Philharmonia for 25 years, retired from the position last year, and Thursday evening’s concert marked the occasion with not only the ...

In 1731 Handel wrote part of Act I for an opera entitled Titus L’Empereur. For reasons that are still unknown, he then abandoned it, although he reworked its Overture and two arias for his next opera ...