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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 15h
For all the hi-jinks, this was a story about the connection between Aaron Godfrey-Mayes delightfully nerdy Ramiro and Deepa Johnny's stylish & wonderfully warm Cinderella. Rossini at ENO, directed by Julia Burbach, conducted by Yi-Chen Li. My review:
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Engagingly modern: Rossini's Cinderella at ENO is given a modern updating by Julia Burbach with winning performances from Deepa Johnny & Aaron Godfrey-Mayes
Engagingly modern - opera review: Rossini's Cinderella at ENO, a modern updating by Julia Burbach with Deepa Johnny & Aaron Godfrey-Mayes
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 1d
Catch Odaline de la Martinez in London next month with scenes from Imoinda with Merlyn Ensemble at the Warehouse and Canciones at the London Song Festival. My preview:
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Catch Odaline de la Martinez in London next month with scenes from Imoinda and Canciones
Catch Odaline de la Martinez in London next month with scenes from Imoinda and Canciones
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 2d
Ilan Volkov announced as Principal Guest Conductor of CBSO alongside new Collaborative Artists & other artistic appointments. My article:
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Ilan Volkov announced as Principal Guest Conductor of CBSO alongside new Collaborative Artists & other artistic appointments
Ilan Volkov announced as Principal Guest Conductor of CBSO alongside new Collaborative Artists & other artistic appointments
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 2d
Ariel Music School London launches a Trans+ Youth Singing Day. My preview:
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Ariel Music School London launches a Trans+ Youth Singing Day
Ariel Music School London launches a Trans+ Youth Singing Day
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 2d
No easy options: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra celebrate Arvo Pärt at 90 at Barbican. My concert review:
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No easy options: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra celebrate Arvo Pärt at 90 at Barbican
No easy options - concert review: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra celebrate Arvo Pärt at 90 at Barbican
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 3d
From a chariot race to life on the road: the Salomon Orchestra features music by Rózsa, Kodály and Rota in their next concert with Graham Ross at Smith Square Hall. My preview:
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From a chariot race to life on the road: the Salomon Orchestra features music by Rózsa, Kodály and Rota in their next concert
From a chariot race to life on the road: the Salomon Orchestra features music by Rózsa, Kodály and Rota in their next concert
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 3d
Reflecting the horrors of war while looking towards a hopeful & peaceful future: UK premiere of Sven Helbig’s Requiem A marking the 80th anniversary of the ending of World War II & the bombing of Dresden. Tony's review:
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Dresden-born composer, Sven Helbig’s Requiem A marks the 80th anniversary of the ending of World War II whilst remembering the bombing and destruction of the beautiful Saxon city of Dresden by allied ...
Reflecting the horrors of war while looking towards a hopeful & peaceful future - concert review: UK premiere of Sven Helbig’s Requiem A
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 4d
The Voice of Greece: Marios Papadopoulos & the Oxford Philharmonic celebrate Mikis Theodorakis at Cadogan Hall inc a new work by Nestor Taylor. My preview:
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The Voice of Greece: Marios Papadopoulos & the Oxford Philharmonic celebrate Mikis Theodorakis
The Voice of Greece: Marios Papadopoulos & the Oxford Philharmonic celebrate Mikis Theodorakis at Cadogan Hall.
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 4d
Will progress be humanity’s salvation or its downfall? Ben Crick & Kamal Kaan's new opera, The Last Machine Breaker, on Luddites, AI and Revolution at Bradford Opera Festival. My preview:
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Will progress be humanity’s salvation or its downfall? Ben Crick & Kamal Kaan's new opera, The Last Machine Breaker, on Luddites, AI and Revolution
Will progress be humanity’s salvation or its downfall? Ben Crick & Kamal Kaan's new opera, The Last Machine Breaker, on Luddites, AI and Revolution
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 4d
Political resonances & sheer poetry: Robin Norton-Hale's new production of Britten's The Rape of Lucretia shows English Touring Opera on strong form with Clare Presland, William Morgan, Jenny Stafford, Kieran Rayner, Trevor Eliot Bowes. My review:
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Political resonances & sheer poetry: Robin Norton-Hale's new production of Britten's The Rape of Lucretia shows English Touring Opera on strong form
Political resonances & sheer poetry - review: Robin Norton-Hale's production of Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, English Touring Opera on strong form
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 6d
Sara Cortolezzis makes her debut at Covent Garden as Hélène in Stefan Herheim's production of Verdi's Les vêpres siciliennes conducted by Speranza Scappucci. My opera review:
www.planethugill.com/2025/10/sara...
Sara Cortolezzis makes her debut at Covent Garden as Hélène in Stefan Herheim's production of Verdi's Les vêpres siciliennes conducted by Speranza Scappucci
Sara Cortolezzis debuts at Covent Garden as Hélène in Stefan Herheim's production of Verdi's Les vêpres siciliennes conducted by Speranza Scappucci
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 6d
Reformation: Mishka Rushdie Momen on mixing Renaissance piano music with later periods at the London Piano Festival at Kings Place. My interview:
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Reformation: Mishka Rushdie Momen on mixing Renaissance piano music with later periods at the London Piano Festival
Reformation - interview: Mishka Rushdie Momen on mixing Renaissance piano music with later periods at the London Piano Festival
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 8d
Explaining the unexplainable: a seductive & magical album from Lotte Betts-Dean & Dimitris Soukaras, 'everything you've ever lived' on Delphian. My record review:
www.planethugill.com/2025/10/expl...
Explaining the unexplainable: a seductive & magical album from Lotte Betts-Dean, Dimitris Soukaras, everything you've ever lived on Delphian
Explaining the unexplainable - review: a seductive & magical album from Lotte Betts-Dean, Dimitris Soukaras, everything you've ever lived on Delphian
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 9d
September on Planet Hugill: Eugene Onegin, Iphigenia in Tauris, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. Our monthly newsletter:
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September on Planet Hugill: Eugene Onegin, Iphigenia in Tauris, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 9d
The London Opera Company returns to Smith Square Hall for Wagner's Götterdämmerung with conductor Peter Selwyn. My preview:
www.planethugill.com/2025/10/the-...
The London Opera Company to perform Götterdämmerung this October
The London Opera Company to perform Götterdämmerung this October
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 9d
Clarinet & strings: Coleridge-Taylor & a new Jago Thornton piece in the Sacconi Quartet's Sunday concert at Conway Hall with David Campbell. My concert review:
www.planethugill.com/2025/10/clar...
Clarinet & strings: Coleridge-Taylor & a new Jago Thornton piece in the Sacconi Quartet's Sunday concert at Conway Hall with David Campbell
Clarinet & strings - review: Coleridge-Taylor & a new Jago Thornton piece in the Sacconi Quartet's Sunday concert at Conway Hall with David Campbell
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 10d
The youngest female composer ever commissioned by the Ulster Orchestra, marking her debut with national ensemble: premiere of Amelia Clarkson's The Rain Keeps Coming at Ulster Hall. My preview:
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The youngest female composer ever commissioned by the Ulster Orchestra, marking her debut with national ensemble: premiere of Amelia Clarkson's The Rain Keeps Coming at Ulster Hall
The youngest female composer ever commissioned by the Ulster Orchestra, : premiere of Amelia Clarkson's The Rain Keeps Coming at Ulster Hall
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 10d
Inspiring accounts of strenuous works: Tianyi Lu Conducts Bartók & Brahms with Lukas Vondracek & the New World Symphony in Miami. Robert J Carreras' Letter from Florida:
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Letter from Florida: Tianyi Lu conducts Bartók & Brahms with Lukas Vondracek & New World Symphony
Letter from Florida - concert review: Tianyi Lu Conducts Bartók & Brahms with Lukas Vondracek & the New World Symphony
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 11d
Being in the room. How to make it happen. Peter Wiegold asks what kind of presence, intelligence, awareness, playfulness leads to that vital creative spark in an online talk for The School of Sound. My preview:
www.planethugill.com/2025/09/pete...
Peter Wiegold: Being in the room. How to make it happen.
Peter Wiegold: Being in the room. How to make it happen.
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 11d
Upstairs at Ronnie's to host the first ever regular weekly classical night at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club curated by Lizzie Ball & James Pearson. My preview:
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Upstairs at Ronnie's to host the first ever regular weekly classical night at Ronnie Scott's curated by Lizzie Ball & James Pearson
Upstairs at Ronnie's to host the first ever regular weekly classical night at Ronnie Scott's curated by Lizzie Ball & James Pearson
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 11d
Engaging rom-com energy in Martin Constantine's not quite end of the pier production of Donizetti's The Elixir of Love at English Touring Opera conducted by Alice Farnham with Natasha Page, Tamsanqa Tylor Lamani, Emyr Wyn Jones, Timothy Nelson. My opera review:
www.planethugill.com/2025/09/enga...
Engaging rom-com energy in Martin Constantine's not quite end of the pier production of Donizetti's The Elixir of Love at English Touring Opera
Engaging rom-com energy - review: Martin Constantine's not quite end of the pier production of Donizetti's The Elixir of Love at English Touring Opera
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 12d
La Grande Audition de Leipzig: Paul Agnew & Les Arts Florissants take us to Leipzig in 1722 & 1723 at Wigmore Hall with music by Telemann, Kuhnau, Graupner, Bach. My concert review:
www.planethugill.com/2025/09/la-g...
La Grande Audition de Leipzig: Paul Agnew & Les Arts Florissants take us to Leipzig in 1722 & 1723
La Grande Audition de Leipzig - concert review: Paul Agnew & Les Arts Florissants take us to Leipzig in 1722 & 1723 at Wigmore Hall
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 13d
One little book sitting in a convent: Laurie Stras introduces the background to Musica Secreta's new recording of music from the Biffoli-Sostegni manuscript. My interview:
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One little book sitting in a convent: Laurie Stras introduces the background to Musica Secreta's new recording of music from the Biffoli-Sostegni manuscript
One little book sitting in a convent - interview: Laurie Stras introduces Musica Secreta's disc of music from the Biffoli-Sostegni manuscript
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 14d
Coleridge-Taylor at Conway Hall: Sacconi Quartet & David Cambell in Coleridge-Taylor's Clarinet Quintet, Shostakovich & Jago Thornton premiere plus my pre-concert talk. My preview:
www.planethugill.com/2025/09/cole...
Coleridge-Taylor at Conway Hall: Sacconi Quartet & David Cambell plus my pre-concert talk
Coleridge-Taylor at Conway Hall: Sacconi Quartet & David Cambell plus my pre-concert talk
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hugillr.bsky.social @hugillr.bsky.social · 14d
From singing in pubs to staging Handel's penultimate Italian opera: Continuo Foundation brings total grants to over £1 million with latest round of funding. My article:
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From singing in pubs to staging Handel's penultimate Italian opera: Continuo Foundation brings total grants to over £1 million with latest round of funding
From singing in pubs to staging Handel's penultimate Italian opera: Continuo Foundation brings total grants to over £1 million with latest grants
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