Earlier this week, the Royal Opera House announced their exciting programme for the 2013/2014 season, which can be seen here, generating a discussion in the office about how we choose which operas we would like to see.
Watch our video blog below to find out what we are looking forward to and why:
Are you looking forward to the 2013/2014 season at the Royal Opera House as much as we are? Tell us what you would like to see and why?
(Written on March 15, 2013 )
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Royal Opera House to host Olympic exhibition
The Royal Opera House will team with BP and the Olympic Museum in Lausanne to present a free Olympic exhibition in honour of the London 2012 Games.
BBC Music Magazine
Northern Sinfonia live in concert
Grant Llewellyn conducts the orchestra in Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony and Shostakovich’s Piano Conceto No. 1.
LA Times
Jazz says its final good-bye on Los Angeles AM Radio
A silence has descended on Los Angeles’ AM radio band. The station apparently sees jazz as hindering its bid for a wider audience.
Classical Music Magazine
BBC Proms 2012 bring austerity-bucking season of 92 concerts
The 2012 BBC Proms season was announced on 19 April, with a typically diverse programme of concerts in the Royal Albert Hall and beyond.
London Jazz
Children and music venues? Can anything be done?
This discussion between a parent in Leeds and the management of Colin Towns’ band Blue Touch Paper just doesn’t feel right.
The New Yorker
Ten perfect Orchestral Performances
I don’t know that perfection is of the greatest importance in music-making. Spirit, power, phrasing, tempo, expressiveness—all these things matter more than note-perfect execution.
The Telegraph
Placido Domingo on Turandot: why I’m doing the biggest opera in the world
Though well known for singing ‘Nessun Dorma’ as one of the Three Tenors, Domingo says he’ll be conducting it instead at a lavish Wembley Stadium performance.
NY Times
Gabriel Kahane is a One-man Cultural Cuisinart
Kahane’s voice, airy but with a smoky burr, is flexible and carries emotional weight easily, but “Crane Palimpsest” is still a lot to take on.
(Written on May 2, 2012 )
WildKat PR are pleased to announce their partnership with Opera Australia and Cinema Live for Spring / Summer 2012.
Opera Australia, Australia’s premier opera company, is broadcasting its productions to cinemas across the UK, starting with La Bohème on April 24th. Highlights of the season will include a spectacular performance of La Traviata, performed on a floating stage in Sydney Harbour on July 31st. WildKat PR manage a UK wide campaign promoting the cinema screenings.
Cinemas confirmed to host La Bohème on April 24th include:
Showcase cinemas: Nottingham, Peterborough, Walsall, Leeds, Teesside, Paisley, Reading
Independent cinemas:
The Corby Cube, Station Cinema, Richmond, the Picturedrome Cinema, Bognor, Pavilion, Galashiels and Zeffirelli’s, Ambleside
For more information on the screenings please click here
(Written on March 22, 2012 )