What’s on June 2012 – Classical music in London

Here is a guide to all the best classical concerts, operas and ballets during the month of June.

Pick Julian Lloyd Webber plays Elgar

1st June 2012 • Royal Albert Hall, London Join conductor David Hill, cellist Julian Lloyd Webber and the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, as they perform a selection of classical works by England's finest composer -- Elgar. The terracota-coloured …more

Pick Puccini’s “Madam Butterfly”

2nd June 2012 • London Coliseum, London "Madama Butterfly" tells of the doomed love between a young Japanese geisha girl and the American naval officer Pinkerton, whose thoughtless toying with her affections breaks her heart. When Butterfly's belief that her …more

Pick Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Gala, with Russell Watson

2nd June 2012 • Royal Albert Hall, London The Royal Albert Hall will be celebrating 60 years of Her Majesty's reign with a spectacular "Gala for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee". The programme will include a selection of stirring favourites, performed by the Royal …more

London Symphony Orchestra, playing Mozart and Mahler

3rd June 2012 • Barbican Hall, London Join conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, violinist Gil Shaham, and the London Symphony Orchestra at Barbican Hall, as they play Mozart's "Violin Concerto No 5 - Turkish" and Mahler's "Symphony No 5". The cavernous Barbican …more

Philharmonia Orchestra, playing Walton, Elgar and Holst

5th June 2012 • Royal Festival Hall, London Join conductor Edward Gardner, cellist Natalie Clein and the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, as they perform a selection of classical works by Walton, Elgar and Holst. The Royal Festival Hall is one of …more

Pick Andrea Bocelli, Lang Lang and Song Zuying

5th June 2012 • Royal Albert Hall, London The "Classical Spectacular" is back at the Royal Albert Hall and promises to give classical music a bit of... oomph! Classical Spectacular features a state of the art lighting rig (just like a Pink Floyd gig), coating your …more

Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms

7th June 2012 • Royal Festival Hall, London Join conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi, pianist Andreas Haefliger and the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, as they perform a selection of classical works by Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms. The Royal …more

Murray Perahia playing Beethoven, Schubert and Chopin

7th June 2012 • Barbican Hall, London Join pianist Murray Perahia at the Barbican Hall, as he performs Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata", Schumann's "Faschingschwank", Schubert's "Sonata D 664 in A Major" and Chopin's "Polonaise op 26 in C# Minor", "Prelude Op 28 …more

Donizetti’s opera, “Lucia di Lammermoor”

7th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 19th, 23rd, 27th & 30th June 2012 • Holland Park, London "Lucia di Lammermoor" is the most dramatic of all Donizetti's operas, and tells the story of a child-like bride tricked into a politically advantageous marriage by her abusive older brother. But then she falls for a …more

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, at Cadogan Hall

7th June 2012 • Cadogan Hall, London Join Anthony Marwood, guitarist Steven Mackey and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields at Cadogan Hall, as they perform a selection of classical works by Shostakovich, Beethoven, and Mackey himself. Cadogan Hall is a …more

Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte” — Holland Park Opera

8th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 24th & 28th June 2012 • Holland Park, London The Holland Park Opera is putting on a production of Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte". Can two faithful couples have their affections altered by a harmless deception? ...Two men decide to find out and test the constancy of their …more

“Ben Hur” — accompanied by a live orchestra

9th June 2012 • Royal Festival Hall, London The 1925 silent film of "Ben Hur" is one of the great epics of cinema, telling the story of how Prince Judah Ben-Hur was enslaved by his rival but returned to take his revenge. The film will be accompanied by a live …more

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