David Karlin

See full listing “last night’s cast made an eloquent case for Monteverdi’s place in the all time hall of fame” Reviewed at Garsington Opera, High Wycombe on 12 June 2026 Monteverdi, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to his Country), SV 325 Garsington Opera Laurence Cummings, Conductor John Caird, Director Robert Jones, Set Designer, Costume Designer Paul Pyant, Lighting Designer The English Concert Ed Lyon, Ulisse Cecelia Hall, Penelope Dafydd Jones, Telemaco Benjamin...

See full listing “this symphony needs more than superb sound and a charismatic conductor” Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 11 June 2026 Elgar, Enigma Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Op.36 Mahler, Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor Heavenly Mahler – and Strauss – from Lucy Crowe and the LSO Songs and symphonies from Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, concluding with a vision of “heavenly life” from Gustav Mahler.