The Voice of Black Opera Competition
Wednesday 26th October '22
Twelve international singers are bound for Birmingham to compete in The Voice Of Black Opera competition brought to us by Black British Classical Foundation Black British Classical Foundation has announced the 12 singers selected from around …
Read24th February: Conductor stops performance over ‘phone miscreants’, Record attendance for Leopold Mozart exhibition, winners of the Victoires de la musique classique 2020
Monday 24th February '20
Conductor stops performance over 'phone miscreants' A conductor has twice stopped an opera in Cardiff after mobile phones rang in the audience. Carlo Rizzi was conducting Welsh National Opera's new production of Verdi's Les Vêpres Sicilienes, …
Read21st August: Tianyi Lu joins WNO, Apple Music launches Shazam Discovery, New President wants change, French composer killed by a grizzly bear
Wednesday 21st August '19
Tianyi Lu joins WNO as first Female Conductor in Residence Welsh National Opera (WNO) has announced Tianyi Lu as its first Female Conductor in Residence. The residency was launched to help re-address the gender balance across …
Read1st August: Welsh National Opera presents autumn 2019 season, Warner Classics launches new website, Munich Opera Festival almost 98 percent capacity
Thursday 1st August '19
Welsh National Opera presents autumn 2019 season Welsh National Opera (WNO) has announced details of its autumn 2019 season, which will open with a new production of Bizet’s Carmen. Directed by Jo Davies and conducted by …
Read31st May: Harry Ogg joins Welsh National Opera, Renee Hunt appointed to Opera North board of trustees, and a lock of Beethoven’s hair to be auctioned at Sotheby’s
Friday 31st May '19
WNO announces new associate conductor Harry Ogg Young British conductor Harry Ogg will join Welsh National Opera this summer as WNO associate conductor, in collaboration with the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition after reaching the competition …
ReadSeptember 7th: WNO has a new general director and British music exports at their highest since the millenium
Friday 7th September '18
British music exports hit £400M Millennium high Recorded music export revenues have reached their highest level since the turn of the millennium, hitting £408.4m in 2017. This represents a rise of 12 percent year-on-year and sees overall …
ReadDamian Iorio to conduct WNO tour of ‘The Magic Flute’ in 2019
Wednesday 20th June '18
Conductor Damian Iorio will join the Welsh National Opera for its touring production of W. A. Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' in the first half of 2019. The production will be directed by Olivier award-winning Dominic Cooke, and …
Read14th May: BBC Young Musician 2018, phones on in the orchestra, suffragette musical
Monday 14th May '18
In today's news: 16-year-old pianist wins BBC Young Musician 2018, BBC Philharmonic invites audiences to keep their phones on, forgotten suffragette is remembered in musical, Leonard Bernstein is remembered by Wachholtz Verlag in book, and Samuel …
Read9th February: Classic FM celebrates audience increase, Sergei Dogadin wins Singapore International Violin Competition, North Korean orchestra plays concert in South Korea
Friday 9th February '18
In today's news: Welsh National Opera and Southbank Sinfonia reveal their 2018/19 seasons, Blockchain ticketing platform launches to end touting and Shanghai Isaac Stern Competition announces record number of applicants. Also, the German Cultural Council is …
Read15th December: MBE for paralysed violinist Rosemary Johnson, Cardiff to be named the UK’s first ‘music city’ and Death of tenor Bruce Rankin
Friday 15th December '17
In today's news: Alexander Liebreich named Chief Conductor of the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra and Alison Balsom appointed as artistic director of Cheltenham Music Festival. Also, the Berlin Philharmonic to form an amateur orchestra, tenor Bruce Rankin is …
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