Bachtrack logo

Performer: Aidan Smith

Live EventsSee more...

Blandford ForumL’elisir d’amore

© No credit
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Frank Zielhorst; Andy Morton; Dorset Opera; Rufus Martin; Libby Watson; Mark Jonathan; Dorset Opera Orchestra

Blandford ForumSamson et Dalila

© No credit
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Jeremy Carnall; Paul Carr; Dorset Opera; Rufus Martin; Libby Watson; James Smith; Dorset Opera Orchestra

GloucesterMozart Requiem

© Michael Whitefoot
Mozart
Philharmonia Orchestra; Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay; Aoife Miskelly; Annabella Vesela Ellis; Gwilym Bowen; Aidan Smith
Latest reviewsSee more...

Poor acoustics mar Mahler at the Cheltenham Music Festival

Adrian Partington conducts in Tewkesbury Abbey © Michael Whitefoot
In Tewkesbury Abbey, reverb muddies a choral-heavy program of Brahms, Bruckner and Mahler from the British Sinfonietta and South Cotswold Big Sing Group.
*1111
Read more

Rosa Feola shines in WNO's I puritani

Annilese Miskimmon's production of I puritani mixes Royalists with Loyalists - but is musically successful under Carlo Rizzi's baton.
***11
Read more

High-flying Peter Pan at WNO

Richard Ayres's Peter Pan, in a new WNO production, leaves J.M. Barrie's story dangling. 
**111
Read more

The Magic Flute given Magritte makeover by WNO

Lothar Koenigs conducts a stylish, colourful Magic Flute inspired by Magritte. 
****1
Read more

WNO's Chorus leads Carmen at the Bristol Hippodrome

The Welsh National Opera took to the Hippodrome stage for the Bristol leg of their UK tour ofCarmen. This was a revival of Welsh National Opera’s production in the late 1990s, co-produced with Scottish Opera.
***11
Read more

Rossini's William Tell in fifty shades of grey

Welsh National Opera's new production of Rossini's William Tell shows off orchestra and chorus to their full under Carlo Rizzi's baton
****1
Read more