Armed with a $1,000 commission from the conductor Serge Koussevitzky, Pears helped work up the synopsis we know today and, after Christopher Isherwood turned it down, Britten persuaded the novelist Montagu Slater to produce a singable libretto.

Founded in 1948, the three-week Aix-en-Provence lyric music festival is widely regarded as one of Europe’s best. Limelight Arts Travel’s Robert Veel discusses the 2023 festival line-up with music educator and tour leader Robert Gay.

Join Royna McNamara to learn more about Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, a tribute to Alessandro Manzoni that is one of the most performed (and discussed!) works in the choral repertoire.

From oratorio to concerto and opera, Robert Gay explores three modern masterpieces that engage audiences in new and enriching musical experiences.

Everyone knows Gustav Mahler was a musical revolutionary. However, it was for quite different reasons – though still to do with innovation – that the composer was known during his time in Vienna. In this article, Clive Paget discusses Mahler’s time in Vienna, where his music was hardly performed.

In this podcast, Limelight publisher Robert Veel talks to Editor-at-Large Clive Paget about Mahler, and what the 2023 Leipzig Mahler Festival will be like.