News & Reviews
Ian Page looks forward to ‘La canterina’, the opening concert of Classical Opera’s season. Classical Opera’s 2016/17 season begins and ends in Austria. In both cases we will be playing works by great composers in the venues where they were first performed – Haydn in Eisenstadt (a three-day residency to open the prestigious Haydn Festival […]
Classical Opera’s principal horn player talks to us about his instrument, touring, and his love of Haydn. How did you come to study the horn, and what drew you to the instrument? At the age of four I saw a concert on the BBC and was immediately drawn to the horns. When I went to […]
‘Where’er you walk’ was released in May 2016, and features Allan Clayton, Ian Page and The Orchestra of Classical Opera. It celebrates the life of John Beard, Handel’s favourite tenor. Beard created more Handel roles than any other singer, and this recording offers an exquisite overview of his career, featuring works by Handel, Arne, Boyce […]
Classical Opera’s 2015/16 London season concluded with the company’s first ever performance of Mozart’s masterpiece Don Giovanni. Read selections from the reviews below. The next company performance of a Mozart stage work will be a production of The First Commandment (Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots) at St John’s Smith Square. **** “Never has Mozart’s writing here sounded […]
Due to illness Darren Jeffery is unable to sing the role of Leporello in our performance of Don Giovanni on 17 June. The role of Leporello will now be sung by David Soar. David Soar studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio. He has previously sung at Glyndebourne, Covent Garden, […]
