Get a free Gigulate account now Login Signup
×

Join Gigulate,
it's free!

Start tracking your favourite bands and get access to automagical music news!
or login
RSS

Every story, every source. Never miss a thing.

Triple Bill – review

4919 days ago
Guardian MusicGuildhall School of Music & Drama, LondonTriple bills make handy programming for music colleges on account of the number of singers that can be cast in principal roles. Here, two short operas by Massenet and one by Martinů provide opportunities for ... more info

A guide to Hans Werner Henze's music

4923 days ago
Guardian MusicHenze's artistic credo was that music ought to have something to say about human emotion and to contribute to contemporary societyThere is a story that Hans Werner Henze reports in his fascinating and brave autobiography Bohemian Fifths that symbolis... more info

Prom 57: GMJO/Gatti – review

4986 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Albert Hall, LondonDaniele Gatti's Prom with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester will linger in the memory as being exceptionally beautiful, a quality that on occasion proved a limitation as well as a strength. Gatti's fondness for the lavish son... more info

Video - Chloe Moretz Talks About 'boring' Drive To The Opera - Jules Massenet's Manon New York Premiere Arrivals Part 2

5138 days ago
ContactMusicThe Metropolitan Opera's premiere of 'Jules Massenet's Manon' was held at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Among the celebrities who attended was Chloe Moretz, who told reporters that they arrived too early, leading the driver to circle Cent... more info

Video - Emmy Rossum Attends The Opera In Floor Length Purple Dress - Jules Massenet's Manon Premiere Arrivals Part 1

5138 days ago
ContactMusicThe Metropolitan Opera's premiere of 'Jules Massenet's Manon' was held at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York's Lincoln Center. The Day After Tomorrow star Emmy Rossum wore a floor length purple gown and completed the look with a black choker. S... more info

Sena Jurinac obituary

5263 days ago
Guardian MusicAccomplished soprano and a favourite at every operatic centre that she gracedSena Jurinac, who has died aged 90, was one of the best-loved, most accomplished sopranos of her generation and a favourite at Glyndebourne and Covent Garden. After her pe... more info

'Opera is like boxing: it's dangerous'

5337 days ago
Guardian MusicLast year, Vittorio Grigolo gave the Royal Opera one of the most dazzling debuts it has ever seen. The tenor that Italy calls the 'little Pavarotti' is no stranger to performing under pressure: his career has taken him from the papal choir to duet... more info

Joseph Calleja: The Maltese Tenor - review

5367 days ago
Guardian MusicCalleja/Kurzak/Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Armiliato (Decca)Joseph Calleja caused something of a stir last year, both at Covent Garden and the Proms, when he played Gabriele Adorno in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra; according to some, he stole the show ... more info

Dietfried Bernet obituary

5411 days ago
Guardian MusicAustrian conductor admired at opera houses across EuropeThe distinguished Austrian conductor Dietfried Bernet, who has died aged 71, was a regular visitor to Britain, where he was much admired by the public and critics alike. Indeed, some of his best... more info

Manon, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, review

5475 days ago
The TelegraphThis Manon is a strong collective effort, building to a simply devastating close that leaves you elated in the way that only great tragedy can. Rating: * * * * more info

Recent news history

Recent postings in the past month

30 days ago
Yesterday
Build a customised Manon widget

Explore

About

What's Gigulate?

  • Find all the bands everybody is talking about in news and blogs. Then see them live. Faster.
  • The sharpest music minds plugged into the world's greatest music machine.
  • Find out more