News & Reviews
As part of MOZART 250, Classical Opera presented the UK premiére of Niccolò Jommelli’s Il Vologeso, first performed 250 years ago for the Stuttgart court in Ludwigsburg. Read selections from the press reviews below. The next concert in our MOZART 250 series is ‘La Canterina’ at Wigmore Hall in September 2016. **** “Ian Page’s Classical […]
It is now possible to pre-order your copy of Classical Opera’s next CD, which is due for release on 6 May 2016. ‘Where’er you walk’ was recorded in September 2015 at All Saints Church, Tooting, and features Allan Clayton, Ian Page and The Orchestra of Classical Opera. It celebrates the life of Handel’s favourite tenor, […]
There are still a few places left on Martin Randall Travel’s tour to Eisenstadt (Ref. ED850, 7-11 September 2016) to hear Classical Opera’s three concerts at the prestigious Haydn Festival, alongside performances by the Austro-Hungarian Philharmonic and the Basel Chamber Orchestra. Ian Page is also lecturing on a short tour to the historical theatres of […]
Soprano Gemma Summerfield, winner of the 2015 Kathleen Ferrier Award, recently became a Classical Opera Associate Artist. She makes her full company début as Berenice in Jommelli’s Il Vologeso in April. When did you realise you wanted to be an opera singer? Really, I’ve fallen into opera. At school singing was just a hobby to […]
Ian Page looks forward to our latest UK premiére, Jommelli’s Il Vologeso, on 28 April at Cadogan Hall. Niccolò Jommelli was born in Aversa, near Naples, on 10 September 1714 and died on 25 August 1774. Largely forgotten now, he was one of the most celebrated composers of his day, and during a career which […]
