CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST

First Night of the BBC Proms 2019 ! The programme might have been a challenging start to the season - Antonín Dvořák The Golden Spinning...

Leoš Janáček's The Diary of One who Disappeared is pretty much basic repertoire,  yet so intriguing that it invites thoughtful inte...

Janáček Kát’a Kabanová in a new production by Richard Jones, conducted by Edward Gardner at the Royal Opera House reviewed by Claire Sey...

Vladimir Jurowski (photo: Vera Zhuraleva, IMG Artists) Photo: Roger Thomas "The Eternal Flame", on the eve of Armis...

From Decca, Janáček classics with Jiří Bělohlávek conducting the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.  Given that Bělohlávek died in May 2017,...

Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Hall with Janáček’s Sinfonietta , Sibelius Symphony no 5 and Szymanow...

all photos : © Wilfried Hösl  Leoš Janáček From the House of the Dead , (Aus dem Totenhaus) from the Bay...

Scene from From the House of the Dead, Patrice Chéreau 2007 Leoš Janáček From the House of the Dead at  the Royal Opera House, Lo...

One of Simon Rattle's great strengths is creating musically-intelligent programmes. This latest, with the London Symphony Orchestra a...

At Prom 56, Jakub Hrůša conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme on the theme of the Hussite Wars and their place in Bohem...

Jiří Bělohlávek, conducting Dvořák's Requiem in Prague, April, 2017 Jiří Bělohlávek died last night. He was only 71,  but such was...

Wonderful, moving tribute to Nicolai Gedda (1925-2017) by Nils-Göran Olve. Infinitely better than most media memorials. Well worth shar...

Karita Mattila was born to sing Emilia Marty, the diva around whom revolves Leoš Janáček's The Makropulos Affair ( Věc Makropulos).  ...

Highlight of the whole opera season so far this year: Leos Janáček Jenůfa with Jirí Belohlávek, his team from the Czech Philharmonic, a...