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Veterans of this blog - I salute you! - will know that I occasionally post some of my photography on here. I feel that taking pictures is as...

Browsing the music section in a vast London bookshop the other day, I came across a volume called ‘Lit Up Inside’. It had a plain cover and...

"Nocturnes is an evening of memories, myths and dreams," begins the programme text. In some of the interviews in the run-up to t...

French Revolution melodrama 'Andrea Chénier' feels, in many ways, like THE event of the Royal Opera House's current season. The ...

For some years, the only countertenors I heard regularly in my classical music listening formed part of a group - in particular, the CDs and...

Schubert's monumental song cycle 'Winterreise' is a rite of passage (appropriately enough) for many singers and pianists, all br...

A rush and a push into the second half of my 2014 round-up! In case you missed it - if you also like exploring classical/opera avenues, plea...