Richly scored and tightly plotted, an all-star cast brings to life one of Handel’s finest operas, Ariodante. Following her stunning appearance in Alcina in 2014, the latest instalment in our Handel opera series sees the return of Joyce DiDonato in the title role. Marking 500 years since the publication of Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando furioso, a tale of knights and entangled love, Ariodante stands as Handel’s final …
Welcome to the 2017/18 season with The English Concert; a season in which we celebrate Harry Bicket’s 10th anniversary as Artistic Director. The orchestra has made great strides in the Harry Bicket decade. Not only has Harry pushed the level of musicianship and performance to higher levels, we have also expanded our repertoire and greatly increased our visibility and profile, …
We are delighted to announce our our third residency this summer, demonstrating our pedigree once again in a more classical vein with Mozart’s early opera Lucio Silla.
Fresh from our month-long tour of the USA and Europe, reviews of Ariodante – our latest installment in our series of Handel operas-in-concert for New York’s Carnegie Hall – have been flooding in. Following Radamisto, Theodora, Alcina, Hercules and Orlando in previous years, the prospects of Ariodante and the all-star cast of Joyce DiDonato, Alice Coote, Sonia Prina, Christiane Karg, …
We are pleased to announce the forthcoming release of our recent recording of Purcell, Locke and their contemporaries with Sarah Connolly and Rosemary Joshua. Appearing under the Wigmore Hall’s own label ‘Wigmore Hall Live’, the release is a recording of our 2015 concert entitled ‘Music be the food of love’. CDs go on pre-release sale at our next Wigmore Hall …
We are delighted to announce that our forth-coming performance of Handel’s Ariodante at Carnegie Hall this Sunday (30th April) will be filmed; streamed live on Medici.
The Apostles’ Renewed Conviction The Apostles are desolate at the loss of their charismatic leader, with their faith put to the ultimate test. Yet from the depths of such despair comes renewed conviction: theirs is a mission to redeem the world by sharing the news of Jesus’s life and death with all humanity. Such conviction was matched only by our …
Unfortunately, Joelle Harvey has been forced to withdraw from US performances of Ariodante due to ill health. We are grateful to Mary Bevan for stepping in at short notice to sing the role of Dalinda.
It is with deep regret that Joyce DiDonato has announced that she will not be able to participate in the European performances of Ariodante with Harry Bicket and The English Concert due to a medical procedure. She is immensely sorry to disappoint her fans and admirers but is hugely grateful to the wonderful Alice Coote for stepping in for the European concerts, and to Harry Bicket and The English Concert for their support and understanding. Joyce is looking forward to singing the American tour dates.
In collaboration with the Bristol old Vic and director Tom Morris (The Crucible) emerges a powerfully dramatized and accessible account of Handel’s profound religious masterpiece Messiah.