We speak to Dr Shizuka Hariu about the challenges of staging George Benjamin’s Written on Skin for Kazushi Ono's performances at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall at the end of August.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold life began in Imperial Vienna, where he composed lush works in typical fin-de-siècle style, but ended in the United States, having created the blueprint for the Hollywood film score. Bard College investigates his music in its 2019 “Rediscoveries” focus.
From Beethoven's Fidelio to Britten with Janine Jansen via a seven-city European tour, Tokyo's NHK Symphony Orchestra offers a season rich in delights.
We spoke about the job of lighting designer with Jake Wiltshire, who lights productions for English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, the Royal Academy Opera and many more.
Ahead of the Orchestre National de Lille's 2019–20 season, music director Alexandre Bloch tells us about his orchestra's qualities and why he's taking French repertoire to the UK.
A bust of Beethoven looms over one side of the stage in the beautiful Art Nouveau concert hall, which is suitable for a season which celebrates the composer's 250th anniversary.
Whether it's for a long-standing venue partner or a beloved composer, the coming season will see the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in celebratory mood.
Der Erste Konzertmeister der Wiener Symphoniker spricht mit uns über den spezifischen Wiener Klang, Herbert von Karajan und wie er im Ruhestand der Wiener Musikwelt erhalten bleiben wird.
We follow a busy Event Manager at Southbank's Royal Festival Hall on a typical day taking care of a musical event – in this case, Philip Glass' Bowie Symphonies.
With over twenty new productions of opera, ballet, dance or staged choral works, the Hungarian State Opera and Hungarian National Ballet present a 2019/20 packed with interesting ideas, many of them with a Christian theme to celebrate the forthcoming Eucharistic Congress.
