Anna Dennis sings Handel, and John Blow premiere in Moscow

Anna Dennis performed in two productions in Moscow recently. In November she sang in Handel’s The Triumph of Time and Disillusion with La Voce Strumentale, conducted by Dmitry Sinkovsky at the new Zaryadye Concert Hall. The other singers were Julia Lezhneva, Andrew Goodwin, and Dmitry Sinkovsky.

She returned to Moscow to sing the role of Venus in John Blow’s Venus and Adonis at the Pushkin Museum as part of the December Nights series of the UK-Russia Year of Music 2019. Remarkably, this was the Russian premiere performance of this baroque work, conducted by Robert Hollingworth and also featuring Jonathan Sells as Adonis.

See the performance via Facebook video here.

Anna Dennis records Purcell King Arthur with Gabrieli Consort & Players

Anna Dennis is part of a wonderful set of singers and players who have recorded Purcell’s King Arthur as part of Paul McCreesh’s Gabrieli Consort and players.

Henry Purcell and John Dryden’s King Arthur, the great patriotic opera of the late 17th century, is recorded here in a lively new performing edition, after more than two decades in Gabrieli’s touring repertoire.

Alongside Anna are Mhairi Lawson, Rowan Pierce, and Carolyn Sampson (sopranos); Jeremy Budd and James Way (tenors) and Ashley Riches and Roderick Williams (bass/baritone)

Buy from Amazon here, or stream on Spotify here.

An earlier concert performance from Melbourne, Australia, is available on YouTube here.

Anna Dennis sings Queen of Sheba in Handel’s Solomon

Concerts with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Anna performs Handel’s wonderful oratorio Solomon with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra this week, conducted by Peter Dijkstra. It is the second project with the Orchestra this season; Anna sang Mozart’s Mass in C Minor in February to critical acclaim, on that occasion conducted by John Butt.

The concerts are at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall on Thursday 26th and at Glasgow City Halls on Friday 27th.

Full details from the SCO website here.

Anna Dennis sings Bach in Canada

Soprano Anna Dennis performs Bach Cantatas with the Violons du Roy in Canada this week. Directed by Jonathan Cohen and with colleagues Maude Brunet (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Neal Davies (baritone) the programme includes Cantatas BWV107 (Was willst du dich betrüben), BWV1 (Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern) and BWV210 (O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit). The performances are in Quebec City on March 22nd and in Montreal on March 25th.

Read more about Anna here.