The nominations for the annual South Bank Sky Arts Awards have been announced. Once again hosted by Melvyn Bragg, the 2011 bash will be the first since the South Bank Show’s free transfer from ITV to Sky Arts. Looking at the classical and opera categories (music that doesn’t sit in the catch-all ‘classical’ or ‘pop’… [Read more…]
June 1, 2010 by Culture Capital
There has been a bit of a ruckus in The Guardian’s arts pages this past week about the value of opera. Robert Thicknesse, an opera writer and enthusiast, has lost his faith. In an extract from an essay to be broadcast on Radio 3, he asks: “what if it actually is all rubbish, self-indulgent, glittery,… [Read more…]
March 17, 2010 by Culture Capital
The 2010 Edinburgh International Festival programme was announced today. The annual three week jamboree of opera, dance, classical music and theatre in the Scottish capital has a New World theme this summer, with art and artists from North and South America, and Australasia featuring heavily. The idea of the ‘New World’, a global view firmly… [Read more…]
May 10, 2009 by Culture Capital
A sure-fire bet for London town in May is a visually stunning and dramatically inspired account of Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece, directed by David Alden at the English National Opera With the sharp lines and grey slabs of Paul Steinberg’s set and sharp contrasts between bright light and shadow, the full social claustrophobia of the ‘Borough’… [Read more…]
December 1, 2010 by Culture Capital
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