by Music Editor | Mar 29, 2025 | Music, Uncategorized
by Fiona Hook Not every modernisation of a historical opera works, but Jetske Mijnssen’s successful transposition of Handel’s chunk of Roman history to modern-day New York is a reminder that human nature and the lust for power are eternal – it just takes... 
by Music Editor | Feb 28, 2025 | Music, Uncategorized
by Robert Thicknesse You approach any performance of Trovatore with a mix of gloating anticipation and trepidation. Could anything be more visceral, more utterly operatic, more grippingly awful and exhilarating? And yet so often it fails to hit the mark, its... 
by Music Editor | Nov 12, 2024 | Awards, Drama, Uncategorized
The celebration lunch for the award of the Circle’s 2023 Rosebowl for Distinguished Service to the Arts took place on November 7th at the National Liberal Club, with Sir Derek Jacobi receiving the award from Kate Maltby and Rosemary Waugh, outgoing and incoming... 
by Music Editor | Jul 31, 2024 | Awards, Music, Uncategorized
The Music Section of the Critics’ Circle is delighted to announce the winners of our 2023 awards for young talent and for outstanding achievement in opera. Young Talent (Piano) Alim Beisembayev Young Talent (Instrument) Johan Dalene Young Talent... 
by Music Editor | Oct 27, 2023 | Awards, Music, Uncategorized
Robert Thicknesse, President of the Critics’ Circle, went to Berlin to present Daniel Barenboim KBE with the Circle’s 2022 annual award “For Distinguished Service to the Arts”. The presentation took place before a concert at the Barenboim-Said...