Upcoming eventsSee more...
BelfastMusic for Good Friday: Bach Mass in B Minor
Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Ulster Orchestra; Patrick Hahn; Ailish Tynan; Jenny Daviet; Margot Oitzinger; Samuel Boden
ArnhemL'Orfeo
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318
Hernán Schvartzman; Monique Wagemakers; De Nederlandse Reisopera; Lonneke Gordijn; Marlou Breuls; Samuel Boden; Kristen Witmer
The HagueL'Orfeo
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318
Hernán Schvartzman; Monique Wagemakers; De Nederlandse Reisopera; Lonneke Gordijn; Marlou Breuls; Samuel Boden; Kristen Witmer
Latest reviewsSee more...
An Orfeo of infinite beauty by Nederlandse Reisopera
The brainchild of opera director Monique Wagemakers, choreographer Nanine Linning and visual artist Lonneke Gordijn, this Orfeo by Nederlandse Reisopera is a thing of infinite beauty.
A flash of Bachian colour to see out the EIF’s Queen’s Hall season
John Butt’s musicians show that Bach’s secular cantatas have just as much to offer as the sacred.
Handel's Alcina in Karlsruhe: a great production with great singing
Handel's Alcina at the Karlsruhe 2019 Handel Festival scores on all fronts, with two Australians taking the main roles.
A disappointing Mass in B minor from the BBCSO
Even Baroque specialist John Butt could not persuade the BBC Symphony Chorus to sing in tune
Lessons in Love and Violence: ice and drama
George Benjamin and Martin Crimp's second full scale opera is a refinement of the craft showed in Written on Skin – but the lessons are less in love and violince than in power, tension and beauty of the score.
