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Our forthcoming 20th Anniversary Gala will take place at the magnificent Goldsmiths’ Hall on Thursday 22 February 2018. A champagne reception at 6.30pm will be followed by a three-course dinner, complemented by performances from an outstanding line-up of company artists. For an invitation and booking information, please contact Stephanie Young (0208 846 9744 / stephanie@classicalopera.co.uk). There […]
250 years ago the history of music very nearly took a significant turn for the worse when, in November 1767, the eleven-year-old Mozart contracted smallpox. He completely lost his sight for nine days, and only the timely intervention of a family friend from Salzburg prevented him from dying. By the start of 1768, though, he […]
Release date: 13 October “Ian Page and the Orchestra of Classical Opera have an unerring knack for making the most of the young Mozart’s characterful music.” GRAMOPHONE Classical Opera continues its critically acclaimed complete Mozart opera recording series on Signum Classics with the one-act dramatic serenade Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126. Conductor and artistic […]
The Mozartists Launch Concert – Wigmore Hall, 18 September 2017 Please note a change to the advertised programme. In place of Mozart’s “Vorrei spiergavi, oh Dio!”, K.418, Louise Alder will now sing “Quando avran fine omai… Padre, germani, addio” from Idomeneo. 20th Birthday Concert – Barbican, 9 October 2017 Please note that Claudia Huckle […]
UK release May 2017 “I simply can’t stop listening to this glorious collection of Classical scenas and concert arias from the young British soprano.” PRESTO CLASSICAL Conductor Ian Page’s acclaimed period ensemble Classical Opera launches The Mozartists, a new brand under which it will present its ever-expanding concert repertoire, with a thrilling CD of concert arias sung by the young British […]
