Wigmore Hall in London has announced the opening act of its 2021-22 season. Here are the vocal highlights.
Elizabeth Llewellyn and Simon Lepper present an evening of Finzi, Puccini, Verdi and Walton.
Date of performance: September 3, 2021
Ed Lyon and the Théâtre de l’Ayre team up for Boësset, Cavalli, Dowland …
Date of performance: September 5, 2021
Sabine Devieilhe and Alexandre Tharaud perform an entirely French program of music by Debussy, Fauré, Poulenc and Ravel.
Date of performance: September 12, 2021
Roderick Williams, Rowan Pierce, Kathryn Rudge, James Way, Robert Murray and Christopher Glynn perform “Italienisches Liederbuch” by Hugo Wolf in a new English translation created and produced by Jeremy Sams and Christopher Glynn. Louise Shephard is leading the work.
Date of performance: September 18, 2021
Mark Padmore and Till Fellner perform music by Schubert and Schumann.
Date of performance: September 19, 2021
Shanté Campbell conducts “An Inconvenient Black History of British Musical Theater 1900-1950”. The show will be presented by Sean Mayes and Sarah K. Whitfield with singer Jonathan Andrew Hume and soprano Esme Sears. The program will include music by Blake, Cook and Hunter.
Date of performance: September 21, 2021
Christina Landshamer and Gerold Huber at the piano perform the music of Schubert.
Date of performance: September 23, 2021
Christian Gerhaher, Isabelle Faust, Anne Katharina Schreiber, Timothy Ridout, Danusha Waskiewicz, Jean-Guihen Queyras and Christian Poltéra perform Berlioz, Schoeck and Schoenberg.
Performance dates: September 28 and 29, 2021
Julia Kleiter, Ema Nikolovska, Christoph Prégardien, Florian Boesch, Olivia Warburton, Kieran Carrel, James Baillieu, and Richard Stokes stars in Wolf Song gala celebrating the launch of the book “The Complete Songs of Hugo Wolf: Life, Letters, Lieder” by Richard Stokes.
Date of performance: October 2, 2021
Clara Osowski sings Argento, Barber and Halffter with Julius Drake on the piano
Date of performance: October 3, 2021
Jakub Józef Orliński and Michał Biel embark on a music program of Almeida, Fux, Handel and more.
Date of performance: October 8, 2021
Berg, Mahler and Zemlinsky compose the recital by Christina Gansch and Malcolm Martineau.
Date of performance: 10 October 2021
Diana Damrau and Maciej Pikulski present a program by Duparc, Granados and Obradors.
Date of performance: 12 October 2021
Gweneth Ann Rand, Allyson Devenish, Sarah Daramy-Williams and Adjoa Andoh present “In the Footsteps of…” with music by Dvorak, Duparc, Poulenc, Satie, Hahn, Strauss, Copeland, Rodgers, Moore, Thompson, Wallen and Ishmael . They will also perform spirituals.
Date of performance: October 14, 2021
Anna Lucia Richter dedicates an evening to the music of Wolf and Brahms with pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz.
Date of performance: October 18, 2021
Konstantin Krimmel and Julius Drake team up for works by Schubert, Schumann, Vaughan Williams and Wolf.
Date of performance: October 18, 2021
The Académie Orsay-Royaumont will present Grace Durham, Edward Liddall, Mikhail Tymoshenko, and Elitsa Desseva performing songs from Baker, Chausson, Fauré …
Date of performance: October 29, 2021
The Académie Orsay-Royaumont will present Axelle Fanyo, Adriano Spampanato, Kaëlig Boché, and Jeanne Vallée in a music program by
Aubert, de Séverac and Debussy.
Date of performance: October 30, 2021
