CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST

Robert Howarth conducted The Academy of Ancient Music in a performance of Monteverdi L'incoronazione di Poppea at the Barbican Hall. ...

The Royal Opera House and the Roundhouse have announced a new partnership. They're doing a joint production of Monteverdi's L...

Despite its brutalist architecture, the Barbican is Britain's foremost centre for baroque and early music. It sponsors top-flight int...

Monteverdi meets Reservoir Dogs! The ENO  Return of Ulysses   (Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria) at the Young Vic hits you in the face. Blo...

Monteverdi and Italian baroque masters materialize in Spitalfields, London, an area which one might charitably call rough. Bars all round, n...

Aged 10, Hugues Cuénod attended a concert celebrating Camille Saint-Säens's 78th birthday. Saint-Saëns played  piano with Ignace Paderew...

Full broadcast (no cuts, no intervals) of Monteverdi L'Orfeo on BBC Radio 3 online and on demand until Thursday afternoon UK time.  T...

Puppets are subversive. They may be carved of wood but like most human beings, they only come to life when their strings are pulled. Egads! ...

Please note, I'll be doing LOTS more about Cuénod in 2010 including a few exclusives you won't find anywhere else !!!!!!! So pleas...