Guardian Music — Re-creation of 1910 Last Night to be included in Proms festival, which this year features Plácido DomingoNot content with one evening of flag-waving and a hearty chorus of Rule Britannia, the BBC is this year mounting two Last Nights of the Proms.... more info
Topix — This image provided by the Metropolitan Opera shows Bryn Terfel as Scarpia in Act 1 of Puccini's "Tosca" at the Metropolitan Opera, Wednesday April 14, 2010. more info
Topix — Among those slated to perform with the Boston Symphony Orchestra next season are pianist Maurizio Pollini, bass-baritone Bryn Terfel , violinist Christian Tetzlaff, and BSO principal flutist Elizabeth Rowe. more info
Guardian Music — To Kettles Yard in Cambridge for the premiere of a new song cycle by Richard Baker, performed by baritone Christopher Purves and pianist Andrew West. Having started off in Harvey and the Wallbangers, Purves is now a rising British operatic star: he w... more info
Guardian Music — Ten years ago, there was chaos and inertia. Now Britain's opera houses are world class – and its conductors have revolutionised their orchestras.Classical music didn't die in the early years of the 21st century, despite all the dire prediction... more info
Guardian Music — (Decca)Soprano Danielle de Niese's debut disc for Decca was a collection of Handel arias, presumably designed to capitalise on her success in the Glyndebourne production of Giulio Cesare. If this follow-up is intended to demonstrate that De Niese is ... more info
Guardian Music — St David's Hall, CardiffIt's the nature of opera and musical theatre that the tenors are the good boys and baritones are the bad. Bass-baritones are especially bad. So it's no surprise to find Bryn Terfel recording a disc of the nasty pieces of w... more info
Guardian Music — Millennium Centre, CardiffA fifth anniversary is generally not something to get overexcited about. But if you can get Bryn Terfel, Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre to join in the celebrations, then that's reason enough to make it an occasion.... more info
Scotsman.com — Trailing in the wake of Bryn Terfel as we wind our way through the bowels of the Royal Opera House is like walking behind a consummate politician. He has a word for everyone. more info
Guardian Music — Royal Opera House, LondonDeborah Voigt's withdrawal due to illness from this revival of Jonathan Kent's 2006 production leaves the field open for two Romanian divas to share the title role: Angela Gheorghiu and Nelly Miricioiu. Gheorghiu took the fir... more info
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