Gavin Dixon
@saquabote.bsky.social
Classical music writer and journalist. Reviews Editor of Gramophone.
The November issue of Gramophone, in which I try to convince Hugo Shirley that Bernstein's recording of Der Rosenkavalier is a classic (spoiler: I fail).
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The November issue of Gramophone, in which I try to convince Hugo Shirley that Bernstein's recording of Der Rosenkavalier is a classic (spoiler: I fail).
My review of The Makropulos Case at the Royal Opera House: www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/re...
Janáček: The Makropulos Case at the Royal Opera | Live Review
Mitchell’s production raises the dramatic intensity, and the narrative complexity, the results continuously provocative and confrontational
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November 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My review of The Makropulos Case at the Royal Opera House: www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/re...
The striking new Rosenkavalier production that opened the Zurich Opera season is available on Arte w/o VPN. www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - Opernhaus Zürich - Programm in voller Länge | ARTE Concert
Mit dem "Rosenkavalier", angesiedelt in einem imaginierten Wien des Rokoko, schufen Strauss und Hofmannsthal eine tiefsinnige Gesellschaftskomödie. Nicht ohne Wehmut lässt die Marschallin ihren jungen...
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September 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The striking new Rosenkavalier production that opened the Zurich Opera season is available on Arte w/o VPN. www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
My profile of composer Elena Firsova in the October issue of Gramophone: www.gramophone.co.uk/features/art...
Contemporary composer: Elena Firsova
Gavin Dixon explores the powerful music of this poetic modernist
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September 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
My profile of composer Elena Firsova in the October issue of Gramophone: www.gramophone.co.uk/features/art...
Richard Tice says Archbishop Stephen Cottrell should stick to presenting Match of the Day www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Richard Tice hits back at C of E criticism of Reform immigration policy
Deputy leader says archbishop should stay out of matter after Stephen Cottrell calls policy isolationist and kneejerk
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August 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Richard Tice says Archbishop Stephen Cottrell should stick to presenting Match of the Day www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My obituary of Rodion Shchedrin, who died today: www.gramophone.co.uk/classical%20...
Rodion Shchedrin, Russian composer of 'Carmen Suite' and leading voice of the late Soviet era, dies at 92
Shchedrin was one of the most high-profile Russian composers of the late Soviet era and continued to lead the Russian new music scene in the following decades
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August 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
My obituary of Rodion Shchedrin, who died today: www.gramophone.co.uk/classical%20...
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival
August 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival
The Bayreuth Festival opens on Friday with a new production of Die Meistersinger. All of the first week performances will be broadcast on Bavarian radio, and there is also a video livestream of the Meistersinger (VPN possibly required). www.br-klassik.de/themen/bayre...
Bayreuther Festspiele: Die Spiele auf dem Grünen Hügel | BR-Klassik
Mit der Neuproduktion
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July 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The Bayreuth Festival opens on Friday with a new production of Die Meistersinger. All of the first week performances will be broadcast on Bavarian radio, and there is also a video livestream of the Meistersinger (VPN possibly required). www.br-klassik.de/themen/bayre...
Great to meet up with Elena Firsova today - preparing a composer profile for Gramophone in the Autumn.
July 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Great to meet up with Elena Firsova today - preparing a composer profile for Gramophone in the Autumn.
My review of Philippe Manoury's Die Letzten Tage der Menschheit at Cologne Opera www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/re...
Manoury: Die Letzten Tage der Menschheit at Cologne Opera | Live Review
The music fully justifies the scale of these resources: modern, emotive and immersive
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July 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
My review of Philippe Manoury's Die Letzten Tage der Menschheit at Cologne Opera www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/re...
At Oper Köln for the premiere of Philippe Manoury's Die letzten Tage der Menschheit.
June 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
At Oper Köln for the premiere of Philippe Manoury's Die letzten Tage der Menschheit.
In Dresden for Kent Nagano's period-instrument Siegfried.
June 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In Dresden for Kent Nagano's period-instrument Siegfried.
In Frankfurt for (another) Parsifal
May 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In Frankfurt for (another) Parsifal
My review of Parsifal at Glyndebourne www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/re...
Wagner: Parsifal at Glyndebourne | Live Review
Everything about this production is clearly inspired by the venue, its traditions and especially its size
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May 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My review of Parsifal at Glyndebourne www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/re...
At Glyndebourne for Parsifal
May 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
At Glyndebourne for Parsifal
A new opera by Unsuk Chin, 'Die dunkle Seite des Mondes', premieres in Hamburg on Sunday. A recording of the premiere will be broadcast on NDR Kultur on Saturday 24 May: www.ndr.de/kultur/sendu...
Unsuk Chin - "Die dunkle Seite des Mondes"
Unsuk Chin bringt ihre zweite Oper "Die dunkle Seite des Mondes" auf die Bühne, ein Kompositionsauftrag der Hamburgischen Staatsoper.
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May 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A new opera by Unsuk Chin, 'Die dunkle Seite des Mondes', premieres in Hamburg on Sunday. A recording of the premiere will be broadcast on NDR Kultur on Saturday 24 May: www.ndr.de/kultur/sendu...
RIP Valentina Kholopova, Professor at the Moscow Conservatory and leading authority on Schnittke, Gubaidulina, Shchedrin, and much other recent Russian music. She died today aged 90. muzobozrenie.ru/pamjati-vale...
Памяти Валентины Холоповой - Музыкальное обозрение
12 мая 2025 на 90-м году жизни скончалась Валентина Николаевна Холопова —ученый-музыковед, доктор искусствоведения, профессор
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May 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
RIP Valentina Kholopova, Professor at the Moscow Conservatory and leading authority on Schnittke, Gubaidulina, Shchedrin, and much other recent Russian music. She died today aged 90. muzobozrenie.ru/pamjati-vale...
Proms listings from @bachtrack.com, the most easily browsable, as ever.
🥳🎉 Our BBC Proms listings are live, with a staggering 82 concerts from 18th July to 13th September. Check out full listings here (remember you can filter any Bachtrack search by composer, performer, work, venue...): bachtrack.com/search-event...
April 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Proms listings from @bachtrack.com, the most easily browsable, as ever.
Some Bruckner landmarks in Linz. The first plaque and the organ, which was built to Bruckner's specification, are at the old cathedral. The E-Minor Mass plaque and the window are at the new cathedral.
April 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Some Bruckner landmarks in Linz. The first plaque and the organ, which was built to Bruckner's specification, are at the old cathedral. The E-Minor Mass plaque and the window are at the new cathedral.
The music section of a tourist guide to Vienna. An embarrassment of riches.
April 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The music section of a tourist guide to Vienna. An embarrassment of riches.
Theater 82er Haus, an active theatre in rural Austria (with a gorgous art deco exterior), operating in a 'town', Gablitz, so small it doesn't even have a shop. www.theater82erhaus.at
April 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Theater 82er Haus, an active theatre in rural Austria (with a gorgous art deco exterior), operating in a 'town', Gablitz, so small it doesn't even have a shop. www.theater82erhaus.at
An interesting beer to go with today's BBQ, a lambic trippel from Bruges. Tart and fruity
March 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
An interesting beer to go with today's BBQ, a lambic trippel from Bruges. Tart and fruity
Huge article today in the SZ on Donald Trump by Jürgen Habermas. He’s not a fan. www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
Philosoph Jürgen Habermas exklusiv: Ein Appell für Europa
Zu Donald Trump, dem geopolitischen Umbruch und der Übertölpelung unseres Kontinents. Zugleich eine Warnung vor der Rhetorik der Verfeindung und ein Plädoyer für die Freundschaft mit unseren Nachbarn.
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March 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Huge article today in the SZ on Donald Trump by Jürgen Habermas. He’s not a fan. www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
Putin is consolidating Russia's cultural dominance of Crimea in traditional soft-power fashion, with a world-class opera and ballet theatre at Sevastopol. Due to open next year. smotrim.ru/article/4410...
В Севастополе завершен монтаж металлоконструкций театра оперы и балета
Здание будто парит над землей.
smotrim.ru
March 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Putin is consolidating Russia's cultural dominance of Crimea in traditional soft-power fashion, with a world-class opera and ballet theatre at Sevastopol. Due to open next year. smotrim.ru/article/4410...
Of One Blood, a new opera by Brett Dean, premieres at Bavarian State Opera next May: www.staatsoper.de/en/productio...
Of One Blood
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March 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Of One Blood, a new opera by Brett Dean, premieres at Bavarian State Opera next May: www.staatsoper.de/en/productio...