THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL: Roderic Dunnett previews the 2024 edition of the UK's oldest music festival, 27 July until 4 August.
VIDEO PODCAST: Discussion about Bernard Haitink (1929-2021), Salzburg, Roger Doyle's Finnegans Wake Project, the English Symphony Orchestra, the Chopin Competition Warsaw, Los Angeles Opera and other subjects.
PODCAST: Join Jenna Orkin, Maria Nockin, John Daleiden, Gerald Fenech, Julian Jacobson, Patrick Maxwell, Giuseppe Pennisi and Mike Wheeler for a fascinating fifty-minute audio only programme.
Canadian-born Jonathan Stewart Vickers had a distinguished career as an operatic heldentenor, first appearing at Covent Garden in 1957 and Bayreuth a year later. Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on 29 October 1926, he studied with George Lambert at the Toronto Royal Conservatory. His many roles have notably included Tristan.
Jon Vickers died in Ontario of Alzheimer's disease on 10 July 2015.
Ensemble. Colourful and Large Scale - Francesca Zamballo's production of 'Carmen', reviewed by Robert Hugill
Ensemble. Coherently Brilliant - Robert Hugill was at the opening performance of English National Opera's 'Peter Grimes'