CLASSICAL MUSIC AUDIENCE MEMBERS ONLY (not performers): do you wish to film and photograph performances and put clips/photos on social media?

A brilliant album by a brilliant singer.

Welsh performers - I need you.

I am looking to cast an ensemble of 5 actors/ performers for my upcoming production of Verdi's opera, Rigoletto. The show is for WNO and will be opening in the WMC in July.

Details in thread below:

I dug into the budget sheets to have a look at the realities of modern day touring costs for a bunch of artists. Such is the struggle for many established acts to tour profitably, it’s been declared a cost of touring crisis. theguardian.com/music/2024/apr…

Completely unscientific but interesting nonetheless. Classical music and opera could openly allow filming curtain calls & bows but prohibit phone use & filming during the actual performances. We don’t need to try and turn ourselves into Taylor Swift…

The SCC resentenced Salma al-Shehab, a PhD student at Leeds University & mother of two to 27 years in prison followed by a 27-year travel ban. The charges arose from posts she published on X in support of women’s rights. If this is ‘change’, I’m the Pope: amnesty.org/en/location/mi…

How brilliant to see a performing vocal artist be entrusted with a leadership role at an opera company. More of that please…

After our #StMatthewPassion at Southbank Centre, we can’t wait to reunite with Roderick Williams and Jennifer Johnston at our next concert - on 16/05, Daniel Norman, David Hill and Philharmonia Orchestra will join them for Elgar's Dream of Gerontius. Tickets here - thebachchoir.org.uk/concerts/the-d…

Please go along to sing and support this brilliant event, plus I’m not conducting this time so you’re safe!

'Dies irae, dies illa...'

Thank you to everyone who attended our Verdi Requiem last night @royalalberthall with Vasily Petrenko, @philchorus, soprano Miah Persson, Jennifer Johnston, tenor David Junghoon Kim, and bass Alexander Vinogradov.

📷 Chris Christodoulou

Full Cleo for last night’s Verdi Requiem with Vasily Petrenko, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Philharmonia Chorus. Thanks to SeenandHeard-Int for the review: “Jennifer Johnston..was always a delight to the ear with her commanding, rich tone and very clear diction…” (plus massive eyeliner 😂).

Boss, lad.

He was an outstanding backbench MP, my MP for a long time, and a campaigner against poverty, which Merseyside has seen (and continues to see) extreme levels of. RIP Lord Field.

FFS

Tonight the sounds of Verdi's colossal Requiem will fill the @royalalberthall with the help of @philchorus, soprano Miah Persson, Jennifer Johnston, tenor David Junghoon Kim and bass Alexander Vinogradov, conducted by Vasily Petrenko.

I had to double check it’s not 1st April…

.Jennifer Johnston sings #Verdi ’s Messa da Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall this evening, alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko. #hpvoice #classicalmusic #operasinger

To know more: ow.ly/g5jK50RhSgY

Embarrassed to be British.