July 23, 2026 at 11:42 AM
2024 in review: Goodbye, Pappano… Hello, Pappano! My thoughts on the last 12 months in opera and classical music...
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2024 in review: Goodbye, Pappano… Hello, Pappano!
The best of all possible productions and other outstanding operas and concerts over the last 12 months
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December 26, 2024 at 8:26 AM
2024 in review: Goodbye, Pappano… Hello, Pappano! My thoughts on the last 12 months in opera and classical music...
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The #magic of seeing live music 🎶❤️ Here's my linocut of Sir Antonio Pappano taking a final standing ovation as director of music at Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Posted for this week's #printpromptmonday @gemmatrickey.bsky.social @printsbythebay.bsky.social @strangford.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The #magic of seeing live music 🎶❤️ Here's my linocut of Sir Antonio Pappano taking a final standing ovation as director of music at Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Posted for this week's #printpromptmonday @gemmatrickey.bsky.social @printsbythebay.bsky.social @strangford.bsky.social
Funny story: I've been listening to Beethoven's "Ode To Joy" with weed and coffee to start the morning for a couple weeks.
And that is exactly what I was doing when I learned Lindsey Graham is dead, while knowing Mitch McConnel is probably also dead.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzyO...
And that is exactly what I was doing when I learned Lindsey Graham is dead, while knowing Mitch McConnel is probably also dead.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzyO...
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No 9 'Ode to Joy' // Sir Antonio Pappano & London Symphony Orchestra
YouTube video by London Symphony Orchestra
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July 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Funny story: I've been listening to Beethoven's "Ode To Joy" with weed and coffee to start the morning for a couple weeks.
And that is exactly what I was doing when I learned Lindsey Graham is dead, while knowing Mitch McConnel is probably also dead.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzyO...
And that is exactly what I was doing when I learned Lindsey Graham is dead, while knowing Mitch McConnel is probably also dead.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzyO...
#NowSpinning Excited by this one! Pappano’s new Daphnis et Chloé. I have heard nothing about it yet, but it’s Pappano and the LSO. An orchestra with a clear pedigree in Ravel!
February 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#NowSpinning Excited by this one! Pappano’s new Daphnis et Chloé. I have heard nothing about it yet, but it’s Pappano and the LSO. An orchestra with a clear pedigree in Ravel!
Another Bruckner 8 for the collection, plus 26 other CDs conducted by Antonio Pappano and the Santa Cecilia Orchestra. 😊
August 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Another Bruckner 8 for the collection, plus 26 other CDs conducted by Antonio Pappano and the Santa Cecilia Orchestra. 😊
#MusicSky #Rachmaninov
I've been in love wth this symphony ever since I first got to play it when I was a kid.
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 | Antonio Pappano & the London Symphony Orc... youtu.be/bd2I9xfcVr8?... via @YouTube
I've been in love wth this symphony ever since I first got to play it when I was a kid.
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 | Antonio Pappano & the London Symphony Orc... youtu.be/bd2I9xfcVr8?... via @YouTube
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 | Antonio Pappano & the London Symphony Orchestra (full concert)
YouTube video by DW Classical Music
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August 8, 2026 at 12:50 PM
#MusicSky #Rachmaninov
I've been in love wth this symphony ever since I first got to play it when I was a kid.
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 | Antonio Pappano & the London Symphony Orc... youtu.be/bd2I9xfcVr8?... via @YouTube
I've been in love wth this symphony ever since I first got to play it when I was a kid.
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 | Antonio Pappano & the London Symphony Orc... youtu.be/bd2I9xfcVr8?... via @YouTube
A wonderful London Symphony Orchestra performance tonight of Elgar's Enigma Variations - conducted by the outstanding Antonio Pappano at the Barbican. #halfsixfix.
June 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
A wonderful London Symphony Orchestra performance tonight of Elgar's Enigma Variations - conducted by the outstanding Antonio Pappano at the Barbican. #halfsixfix.
‘He jolted us out of our comfort zone’: Antonio Pappano, Martyn Brabbins and more on Pierre Boulez
‘He jolted us out of our comfort zone’: Antonio Pappano, Martyn Brabbins and more on Pierre Boulez
As the classical music world celebrates his centenary, musicians tell us why the French iconoclast remains a towering figure, and his music still casts a spell
Composer, conductor, polemicist and iconoclast Pierre Boulez was born 100 years ago and, on…
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January 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
‘He jolted us out of our comfort zone’: Antonio Pappano, Martyn Brabbins and more on Pierre Boulez
Siegfried at The Royal Opera: Kosky and Pappano continue to surprise and delight
✍️ David Karlin
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✍️ David Karlin
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March 18, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Siegfried at The Royal Opera: Kosky and Pappano continue to surprise and delight
✍️ David Karlin
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✍️ David Karlin
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BBC Radio 3
Where the Light Sings
Now Playing
Arnold Bax, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Antonio Pappano
Tintagel
Where the Light Sings
Now Playing
Arnold Bax, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Antonio Pappano
Tintagel
September 26, 2026 at 7:29 AM
BBC Radio 3
Where the Light Sings
Now Playing
Arnold Bax, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Antonio Pappano
Tintagel
Where the Light Sings
Now Playing
Arnold Bax, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Antonio Pappano
Tintagel
(le pupe sotto terra sono un ghiottissimo spuntino per diversi uccelli, in particolare le upupe se le pappano con piacere. Fine parentesi ornitologica)
4/n
4/n
February 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
(le pupe sotto terra sono un ghiottissimo spuntino per diversi uccelli, in particolare le upupe se le pappano con piacere. Fine parentesi ornitologica)
4/n
4/n
Life after love: a devastating La rondine from Pappano and the @londonsymphony.bsky.social
✍️ Dominic Lowe
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✍️ Dominic Lowe
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Life after love: a devastating La rondine from Pappano and the LSO
A concert performance of Puccini's take on operetta sees a superlative reading of the score from Sir Antonio Pappano, and a sensational Magda from Carolina López Moreno.
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December 11, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Life after love: a devastating La rondine from Pappano and the @londonsymphony.bsky.social
✍️ Dominic Lowe
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✍️ Dominic Lowe
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Mindblowing Salome in concert at LSO tonight with Pappano, Grigorian, Volle and entire team absolutely on fire. They’re doing it all again on Sunday, so get begging, borrowing or stealing.
July 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Mindblowing Salome in concert at LSO tonight with Pappano, Grigorian, Volle and entire team absolutely on fire. They’re doing it all again on Sunday, so get begging, borrowing or stealing.
LSO/Pappano review – Musgrave’s Phoenix rises and Vaughan Williams’ London stirs the soul
LSO/Pappano review – Musgrave’s Phoenix rises and Vaughan Williams’ London stirs the soul
An all British programme featured music by Thea Musgrave, Vaughan Williams and William Walton, with Antoine Tamestit an expressive and sensitive soloist in the latter’s Viola concerto
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December 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
LSO/Pappano review – Musgrave’s Phoenix rises and Vaughan Williams’ London stirs the soul
A standing ovation for the LSO and cast of Salome at the Barbican this evening. As amazing as the reviews indicated it would be, with Asmik Grigorian outstanding in the title role and Antonio Pappano conducting playing of surpassing iridescence and impact from the orchestra.
July 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A standing ovation for the LSO and cast of Salome at the Barbican this evening. As amazing as the reviews indicated it would be, with Asmik Grigorian outstanding in the title role and Antonio Pappano conducting playing of surpassing iridescence and impact from the orchestra.
Full performance here:
Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Antonio Pappano, conductor
Semperoper Dresden, Germany
DW Classical Music©️
🙏🏼🎼🕊️
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Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Antonio Pappano, conductor
Semperoper Dresden, Germany
DW Classical Music©️
🙏🏼🎼🕊️
youtu.be/eXxSpl4FrXo?...
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 | Antonio Pappano with the Staatskapelle Dresden
YouTube video by DW Classical Music
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February 8, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Full performance here:
Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Antonio Pappano, conductor
Semperoper Dresden, Germany
DW Classical Music©️
🙏🏼🎼🕊️
youtu.be/eXxSpl4FrXo?...
Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Antonio Pappano, conductor
Semperoper Dresden, Germany
DW Classical Music©️
🙏🏼🎼🕊️
youtu.be/eXxSpl4FrXo?...
★★★★ More impressive than profoundly moving: Tristan und Isolde, LSO, Pappano, Barbican review by @davidnice.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/opera/trista...
July 3, 2026 at 8:50 AM
★★★★ More impressive than profoundly moving: Tristan und Isolde, LSO, Pappano, Barbican review by @davidnice.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/opera/trista...
Barrie Kosky and Antonio Pappano continue to forge a magnificent Ring at The Royal Opera
My Opera Now review 👇
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My Opera Now review 👇
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Wagner: Siegfried at Royal Ballet & Opera | Live Review - Opera Now
Kosky and Pappano continue to forge a magnificent Ring
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March 18, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Barrie Kosky and Antonio Pappano continue to forge a magnificent Ring at The Royal Opera
My Opera Now review 👇
www.opera-now.com/content/news...
My Opera Now review 👇
www.opera-now.com/content/news...
Time to re-tune your plans. The London Symphony Orchestra is taking over Trafalgar Square for the BMW Classics open-air concert.
It’s free, it’s iconic, and it’s the perfect way to spark some musical magic in the next generation.
It’s free, it’s iconic, and it’s the perfect way to spark some musical magic in the next generation.
BMW Classics | London Symphony Orchestra
A free open-air concert in Trafalgar Square with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano
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March 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Time to re-tune your plans. The London Symphony Orchestra is taking over Trafalgar Square for the BMW Classics open-air concert.
It’s free, it’s iconic, and it’s the perfect way to spark some musical magic in the next generation.
It’s free, it’s iconic, and it’s the perfect way to spark some musical magic in the next generation.
Not the sharpest of photos, but it was grand to see the Royal Opera Orchestra and Pappano onstage after their magnificent performance in Siegfried, an electrifying night. Rave review is here: theartsdesk.com/opera/siegfr...
March 18, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Not the sharpest of photos, but it was grand to see the Royal Opera Orchestra and Pappano onstage after their magnificent performance in Siegfried, an electrifying night. Rave review is here: theartsdesk.com/opera/siegfr...
"Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium" by Camille Saint-Saens / Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, conducted by Antonio Pappano, soloists Martha Argerich, piano, Antonio Pappano, piano / @warnerclassics.bsky.social records sp. 564390
September 28, 2026 at 11:30 AM
"Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium" by Camille Saint-Saens / Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, conducted by Antonio Pappano, soloists Martha Argerich, piano, Antonio Pappano, piano / @warnerclassics.bsky.social records sp. 564390
Incredible. First the LPO gets Paavo Järvi and now the Philharmonia gets Honeck... With the London orchestras already having Vasily Petrenko at the RPO, Pappano at the LSO and Oramo at the BBCSO, this could be painful for my credit card!
September 20, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Incredible. First the LPO gets Paavo Järvi and now the Philharmonia gets Honeck... With the London orchestras already having Vasily Petrenko at the RPO, Pappano at the LSO and Oramo at the BBCSO, this could be painful for my credit card!
Pappano, Jansen and the LSO - it was always going to be good, New York! bachtrack.com/review-pappa... @londonsymphony.bsky.social
Exhilarating Mahler and Walker from the LSO at Carnegie Hall
Led by Sir Antonio Pappano, the London Symphony's first New York appearance in two decades also featured Janine Jansen in Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's "Symposium".
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March 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Pappano, Jansen and the LSO - it was always going to be good, New York! bachtrack.com/review-pappa... @londonsymphony.bsky.social
The Royal Opera has announced that former Music Director Antonio Pappano today becomes the first Conductor Laureate of The Royal Opera, effective immediately.
Mark interviewed Pappano this time last year as he was ending his 22-year tenure: bachtrack.com/interview-si...
Mark interviewed Pappano this time last year as he was ending his 22-year tenure: bachtrack.com/interview-si...
A knight at the opera: Sir Antonio Pappano bows out
As he prepares to leave Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano reflects on his time at the helm of The Royal Opera and the Santa Cecilia, the state of the opera industry and on “reinventing himself” at the LS...
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May 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The Royal Opera has announced that former Music Director Antonio Pappano today becomes the first Conductor Laureate of The Royal Opera, effective immediately.
Mark interviewed Pappano this time last year as he was ending his 22-year tenure: bachtrack.com/interview-si...
Mark interviewed Pappano this time last year as he was ending his 22-year tenure: bachtrack.com/interview-si...