Benjamin Britten

English National Opera Launches Plans For A New Partnership With Greater Manchester

English National Opera has announced the first wave of plans for a major new partnership between the company and the city-region of Greater Manchester for the next three years, enabling ENO to be firmly established within Greater Manchester by 2029.

Concord Women’s Chorus Will Perform THE HARPER'S SONG: A Ceremony of Carols

Concord Women’s Chorus will present the holiday season concert “The Harper’s Song: A Ceremony of Carols.' The performance is conducted by CWC Artistic Director Jane Ring Frank, accompanied by Daniel Goldsmith, piano, and Carrie Kourkoumelis, harp.

Review: MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 1 at Benaroya Hall

Both monumental works were perfectly matched in their brashness and sensitivity, helmed and rendered with great panache by two outstanding young artists: a program to delight all tastes

Holiday Favorites Take To The Stage At The Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center

The Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center will present holiday favorites for 2024, including THE NUTCRACKER, and A SERAPHIC FIRE CHRISTMAS, and more. Learn more about the performances and how to get tickets here!

Park University International Center for Music Orchestra to Perform Holiday Concert

The Park University International Center for Music Orchestra will perform its annual holiday concert next month in Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel on the University’s flagship Parkville Campus.

Music Worcester Celebrates the Holiday Season with Three Concerts in December

The sounds of the season will ring in Central Massachusetts this December as Music Worcester presents three different programs of holiday music

Musica Sacra to Present CLASSICS FOR CHRISTMAS: Mozart, Bach & Beethoven at Carnegie Hall

Music Director Kent Tritle will lead “Classics for Christmas: Mozart, Bach & Beethoven,” a festive program with two renowned guest artists: Mozart’s ebullient motet Exsultate at Carnegie Hall.

Bellet Hartford Will Premiere A CEREMONY OF CAROLS

In collaboration with Ballet Hartford, Claire Kretzschmar Productions has announced the upcoming multi-state tour of A Ceremony of Carols, a Christmas program set to premiere in New York City, Philadelphia, and Winston-Salem.

Review: THE TURN OF THE SCREW, London Coliseum

Isabella Bywater ratchets up the tension, as Ailish Tynan and Jerry Louth shine as the governess and her male charge.

New York Philharmonic Presents John Adams as Artistic Partner

Composer John Adams collaborates with the New York Philharmonic for a series of performances, featuring his own works and other contemporary pieces, highlighting his role as Artistic Partner.

Park University's International Center for Music Orchestra Opening Concert Set For Next Month

The Park University International Center for Music Orchestra will hold its fall concert, its first of the season, on Friday, Nov. 1, starting at 7:30 p.m. in Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel on the University's flagship Parkville Campus.

SANCTA SUSANNA To Have West Coast Premiere At Heritage Square Museum

Source/Filter Music Collective has announced the West Coast premiere of SANCTA SUSANNA, a horror opera by Paul Hindemith, at Heritage Square Museum on October 24-25. Learn more about the show including who is in the cast and how to get tickets.

Music at Kohl Mansion Sets 42nd Annual Chamber Music Season

Hailed by The Boston Globe as “simply the best,” the Quartet will perform an outstanding program of musical works by J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Sibelius, and the local premier of a work by Jamaican-born composer, Eleanor Alberga.

English National Opera Will Perform THE TURN OF THE SCREW This Month

English National Opera will present the opportunity for audiences in London to experience a new production of Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece The Turn of the Screw based on Henry James’s ghost story, with seven performances at the London Coliseum between 11 and 31 October 2024. 

Bodhi Tree Concerts Presents First Ever Reading Of New PlayWHITE SAVIOR By Catherine Filloux

San Diego, CA-Bodhi Tree Concerts (BTC) will present a free reading of a new play, White Savior by La Jolla native playwright Catherine Filloux, on October 6, 2024, at 7 PM at the Vision Center, 4780 Mission Gorge Place, San Diego.

West Coast Premiere of Hindemith's SANCTA SUSANNA to be Presented At Heritage Square Museum

Source/Filter Music Collective will present the West Coast premiere of Paul Hindemith's Sancta Susanna, an immersive horror opera. Learn more about the site-specific horror opera production and how to purchase tickets.

California Symphony Collaborates With San Francisco's Amateur Music Network For Season Opener

California Symphony announced its season launch with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and a pop-up event featuring San Francisco's Amateur Music Network on September 21-22.

Review: BBC PROMS: PROM 68 �" BRITTEN'S A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Royal Albert Hall

“What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?” More often than not, when Shakespeare is adapted into different formats, the text is largely lost but the story remains - not so in this case. Benjamin Britten and his partner Peter Pears opted to go without a librettist, instead taking Shakespeare’s words and shuffling parts of the play about a bit. It certainly makes sense that work from such a lyrical playwright could be directly transformed into song, and by and large it feels like quite a natural transition.

THE TURN OF THE SCREW Comes to English National Opera Next Month

English National Opera will present Britten’s chilling chamber opera The Turn of the Screw, based on Henry James’ dark and twisted gothic novella. This ENO production is directed and designed by award-winning Isabella Bywater.

San Francisco Symphony Announced 2024�"25 Season Of Concerts 

The SF Symphony has announced its 2024–25 season featuring solo recitals, visiting ensembles, and chamber music performances as part of the Great Performers, Shenson Spotlight, and Chamber Music Series.