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20th February: Iford Arts’ new home, Riga-Jurmala Festival line-up and Axel Kober is music director of Duisburg Philharmonic

Wednesday 20th February '19

Iford Arts secures new home for 2019 season The Iford Arts 2019 season is set to take place at Belcombe Court, a Grade 1 listed historic house set 6 miles outside of Bath and home to …

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3rd of July: Jonathan Dove bringing kids to the opera, an urban mindfulness revolution in the streets of London and the death of Carlos Kleiber

Friday 3rd July '15

Classical News In today's news, Jonathan Dove tells The Times about the success of his operas, Chris Baréz-Brown and David Pearl head to the streets of London in their upcoming event the "University of The Street", …

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20th May: Royal Opera House celebrates 150th La Traviata, St John’s Smith Square announces its Young Artists for 2015-16 and BBC Ten Pieces project extended to secondary schools

Wednesday 20th May '15

Classical News In today's news the Royal Opera House has celebrated its 150th performance of Verdi's La Traviata and Katie Derham presents a special podcast about Donizetti's Poliuto, which will open the 2015 Glyndebourne Season. St …

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2nd March: Is Riccardo Chailly the man to save La Scala? Joseph Calleja, Alex Beard and Sir Nicholas Kenyon team up for artist residency and can singing in a choir make children more moral?

Monday 2nd March '15

Classical News GuardianFacing the music: Bob ChilcottHe wants to put 400 singers in a railway station, and he loves a bit of Barbra Streisand … composer and conductor Bob Chilcott shares his musical passionsThe TimesIs Riccardo …

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28th March: Ten greatest opera stars, thoughts on Spotify & Brooklyn Rider’s Kickstarter campaign

Friday 28th March '14

The Times10 great opera starsNine singers, one conductor — these are the people you need to know before the International Opera Awards next monthGramophoneSpotify: threat or friend?Martin Cullingford reflects on the changing nature of how …

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10th December: Audience boos La Traviata, the question of sacred music, and flash mob

Tuesday 10th December '13

The Guardian Polish tenor hits back after a 'fanatical minority' boos La Scala production Piotr Beczala says he will not take another role in Italy after section of audience boos new production of La TraviataLimelight MagazineWhat's the …

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9th September: Proms finale, Sir Simon Rattle for LSO, and Voigt withdraws from Wagner

Monday 9th September '13

The Arts DeskThe Last Night of the Proms, Kennedy, DiDonato, BBCSO, AlsopThe slickest Last Night in recent memory finds a woman finally in chargeWagner at the Proms rememberedFive singers, three conductors and a director look …

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5th September: Xian Zhang, high expectations for Calleja, and missing Tchaikovsky Symphony reappears

Thursday 5th September '13

The New York TimesChoosing emotion over virtuosityIn his recent solo recital, Soheil Nasseri went in search of virtuosic extremes in a selection of works that demonstrated the piano’s ability to reflect the whole gamut of human …

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27th August: BBC Two and Four present new arts season, Gramophone Classical Music Awards, and Nicola Benedetti

Tuesday 27th August '13

The TimesJoseph Calleja is tipped as the heir to Luciano PavarottiPlácido Domingo once called Joseph Calleja “the baby tenor” but as Calleja has grown on to the world’s greatest opera stages, another moniker has attached …

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5th November: a Double Bassist, a Daring Soprano and Two Degrees

Monday 5th November '12

Classic FMJoseph Calleja to receive honorary degree from University of MaltaMaltese Tenor, Joseph Calleja, was given an honorary degree from the University of Malta in a special ceremony on Friday night.The TelegraphMichael Tippett: a visionary …

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