Performances of David Butt Philip at BBC Music
Wed 19 Aug 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Fresh from the Glyndebourne Festival, the Proms presents Strauss’s opera-within-an-opera Ariadne auf Naxos, performed complete at the festival for the first time in nearly half a century
Fresh from the Glyndebourne Festival, the Proms presents Strauss’s opera-within-an-opera Ariadne auf Naxos, performed complete at the festival for the first time in nearly half a century
Programme
- Ariadne auf Naxos(120 mins)semi-staged; sung in German, with English surtitles
Performers
- Rachel Willis-SørensenAriadne
- David Butt PhilipBacchus
- Alina WunderlinZerbinetta
- Mikhail TimoshenkoHarlequin
- Caspar SinghScaramuccio
- Liam James KaraiTruffaldino
- Liam BonthroneBrighella
- Samantha HankeyComposer
- Michael KrausMusic Master
- Ru CharlesworthDancing Master
- Anna DenisovaNaiad
- Eirin RognerudEcho
- Robin Ticciaticonductor
Composers
Part ofProms 2026
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Fri 28 May 2027
- 19:30Barbican, London
Lelia Josefowicz and Sakari Oramo premiere a new violin concerto by Charlotte Bray; a wonderful upbeat to Liszt’s heaven-storming 'Faust Symphony'.
Lelia Josefowicz and Sakari Oramo premiere a new violin concerto by Charlotte Bray; a wonderful upbeat to Liszt’s heaven-storming 'Faust Symphony'.
Programme
- Violin ConcertoBBC Co-commission & World Premiere
- interval
- A Faust Symphony
Performers
- Sakari Oramocondc
- Leila Josefowiczviolin
- David Butt Philiptenor
- BBC Symphony Chorus(lower voices)
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