In addition to her occasional contributions to communal BBCM reviews, Agnes Kory has been reviewing concerts, opera and ballet since 9 June 2006.
Below follows a list of her English language on-line reviews:
Click here for archived reviews from between 2006 and to the end of 2009.
9th January 2010, Borodin Quartet, Wigmore Hall
22nd January 2010, The Rake’s Progress, Royal Opera House
6th February 2010, Kozena/Schiff, Wigmore Hall
11th February 2010, The Gambler, Royal Opera House
8th March2010, Albert Herring, Royal Academy Opera
14th March 2010, Sir John Tomlinson/David Owen Norris
15th March 2010, Katya Kabanova, English National Opera
19th March 2010, The Cunning Little Vixen, Royal Opera House
9th April 2010, The Land of Smiles, Miskolc, Hungary
10th and 11th April 2010; Parsifal, Blood Wedding, Rosenkavalier Budapest Opera House
24th April 2010, Elegy for Young Lovers, ENO/Young Vic
7th May 2010, Il Giasone, Royal Academy Opera, Royal Academy of Music
15th May 2010, three Lufthansa Baroque Festival events, St. John's, Smith Square
Ist June 2010, Pearl Fishers, English National Opera
19th/20th June 2010, Terezin week-end, Wigmore Hall
17th July 2010, Prom 2, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Royal Albert Hall
13th August 2010, Eugene Onegin, Bolshoi in the Royal Opera House
7th October 2010, Radamisto, English National Opera
26th October 2010, L'isola disabitata, Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
26th November 2010, Cosi Fan Tutte, Royal Academy Opera, Royal Academy of Music
18th February 2011, Kafka Fragments, Keller/Banse, Wigmore Hall
27th February 2011, Vadim Gluzman/ Angela Yoffe, Wigmore Hall
26th March 2011, The Return of Ulysses, English National Opera
29th March – 8th April 2011, opera and concert in Budapest
13th June 2011, Donizetti: Rita, Tchaikovsky: Iolanta; GSMD
5th July 2011, Cendrillon, Royal Opera House
17th July 2011, Young Artists, Royal Opera House
21st July 2011, Prom 9, Halle/Elder/Schiff, Royal Albert Hall
26th July 2011, Prom 15, LPO/Jurowski/Bavouzet, Royal Albert Hall
5th August 2011, Prom 29, Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel
18th August 2011, The Emperor of Atlantis, Dioneo, Arcola Theatre
19th August 2011, Prom 47, Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Haitink, Royal Albert Hall
7th October 2011, LPO/Sinaisky/Gluzman, Royal Festival Hall
21st January 2012, Don Giovanni, Royal Opera House
28th January 2012, Der Rosenkavalier, English National Opera
10th February 2012, Tales of Hoffmann, English National Opera
28th February 2012, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Guildhall Opera
March/April 2012, report on events in Budapest and Vác
13th April 2012, BBCSO, Sondergard/Gluzman, Barbican Hall
19th April 2012, La Fille Du Régiment, Royal Opera House
Two reviews in one:
18th May 2012, Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall,
Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music 2012, St. John’s, Smith Square
19th May 2012, Antonio Vivaldi: L’Olimpiade, La Serenissima,
Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music 2012, St. John’s, Smith Square
31st May 2012, Salome, Royal Opera House
3rd June 2012, L'Olimpiade, Garsington Opera
13th June 2012, Cosi Fan Tutte, Opera Holland Park
18th June 2012, Billy Budd, English National Opera
12th July 2012, Porgy and Bess, Cape Town Opera Company, London Coliseum
19th July 2012, Prom 8, Judas Maccabeus, Royal Albert Hall
25th July 2012, Prom 15, BBCSO/Belohlávek/Gluzman
8th August 2012, Prom 34, BBC SO/Bychkov, Royal Albert Hall
23rd-30th August 2012, opera and concert in Budapest (and Esztergom)
13th September 2012, The Magic Flute, English National Opera
1st October 2012, Julius Caesar, English National Opera
1st December 2012, The Mikado, English National Opera
11th May 2013, Wozzeck, English National Opera
14th June 2013, Death in Venice, English National Opera
24th August 2013, Szentbékkálla, Hungary
7th November 2013, Magic Flute, English National Opera
8th March 2014, Rodelinda, English National Opera
14th March 2014, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Royal Opera House
25th March 2014, Sigiswald Kuijken, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Queen Elizabeth Hall
10th & 13th April 2014, Zoltán Kocsis, Salamon Kamp, Budapest concerts
16th May 2014, Cosi Fan Tutte, English National Opera
25th June 2014, Ariadne of Naxos, Royal Opera House
8th (and 11th) July 2014, The Golden Cockerel, Moscow State Music Theatre for Young Audience named after Natalia Sats, London Coliseum
5th April 2019, Khovanshchina by Mussorgsky, Budapest Spring Festival
4th May 2019, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Wigmore Hall
9th May 2019, The Jerusalem Quartet, Wigmore Hall
11th June 2019, The English Concert, Wigmore Hall
14th June 2019, Collegium Vocale Gent, Barbican Hall
4th July 2019, Academy of Ancient Music, Barbican Hall
7th July 2019, I Fagiolini, Barbican Hall
21st July 2019, Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance, Royal Opera House
24th July 2019, BBC Prom 8, Royal Albert Hall
29th July 2019, BBC Prom 14, Royal Albert Hall
6th August 2019, BBC Prom 25, Royal Albert Hall
17th August 2019, BBC Prom 41, Royal Albert Hall
August 2019, three concerts/various venues, Hungary
11th September 2019, Prom 71: Bach/John Butt, Royal Albert Hall
23rd September 2019, Agrippina, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
26th September 2019, Aci (Galatea e Polifemo), Wigmore Hall
30th September 2019, Isserlis, Wigmore Hall
2nd October 2019, Dussek/Beethoven, AAM, Barbican Hall
7th October 2019, The Silver Lake, ETO, Hackney Empire
8th October 2019, Brockes Passion, Wigmore Hall
23rd October 2019, LPO/Ades, Royal Festival Hall
26th October 2019, Weinberg day, Wigmore Hall
29th and 30th November 2019, Sir Andras Schiff/Ivan Fischer/Budapest Festival Orchestra, Barbican Hall
19th December 2019, London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Hall
21st December 2019, Janet Suzman / Songmakers' Almanac, Wigmore Hall
4th January 2020, Dowland/Britten, Wigmore Hall
17th January 2020, Mahler, Wigmore Hall
19th January 2020, Berg/Beethoven, LSO/Rattle, Barbican Hall
24th January 2020, Andreas Scholl, Wigmore Hall
30th January 2020, Borodin Quartet, Wigmore Hall
6th February 2020, Concentus Musicus Wien, Wigmore Hall
7th February 2020, Mendelsohn's Elijah, Barbican Hall
23rd February 2020, Chineke!, Queen Elizabeth Hall
4th March 2020, Missa Solemnis, Barbican Hall
10th March 2020, Parnasso in festa, Wigmore Hall
10th and 11th September 2020, North Shore Chamber Music Festival, Chicago
3rd October 2021, Vadim Gluzman and Kronberg Academy, Wigmore Hall
22nd May 2022, Simon Broughton film, Muzsikás, Kings Place, London
3rd June 2022, Hungarian State Folk Ensemble (MÁNE), Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
6th June 2022, Concerto Budapest/Keller/Angela Hewitt, Cadogan Hall, London
24th June 2022, Acis and Galatea, Dunedin Consort/John Butt, Wigmore Hall, London
10th September 2022, The Turn of the Screw, solo singers, instrumentalists of the Budapest Festival Orchestra/Ivan Fischer, MŰPA, Budapest
31st March 2023, Czech Philharmonic / Semyon Bychkov conductor / Seong-Jin Cho pianist, MŰPA, Budapest
1st April 2023, Concerto Budapest / Andras Keller conductor / Dénes Várjon (pianist), Great Hall of Music Academy, Budapest
2nd April 2023, St Matthew Passion, solo singers / Lutherania Chorus, Lutherania Orchestra, Budapest Strings Chamber Orchestra / Dr Salamon Kamp conductor, Deák Square Lutheran church, Budapest
13th August 2023, Proms 38 and 39, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer, Andras Schiff, Royal Albert Hall, London
2nd September 2023, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer, Heroes Square, Budapest
12th September 2023, Cuarteto Quiroga, 22 Mansfield Street, London
14th September 2023, Concerto Budapest, András Keller, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Cadogan Hall, London
22nd October 2023, Verdi: Un ballo in maschera, Chelsea Opera Group, Anthony Negus, Cadogan Hall, London
14th November 2023, Nigel Kennedy, Nicholas Daniel, Oxford Philharmonic, Barbican Hall, London
11th January 2024, Jenufa (concert performance), soloists, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London
2nd February 2024, Carissimi’s Jephte and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas: soloists, Choir and Orchestra of Il Pomo d’Oro / Maxim Emelyanychev (harpsichord and conductor). Barbican Hall, London
4th February 2024, Sibelius, Shostakovich, Richard Strauss: Vadim Gluzman (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London
21st February 2024, Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin, concept, direction), Michael Wendeberg (piano, organ, harpsichord), Aurora Voices, Aurora Orchestra. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
2nd March 2024, The Rake’s Progress, soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Jack Sheen (conductor). Hackney Empire, London
14th March 2024, Allan Clayton (tenor), Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
17th March 2024, St Matthew Passion, soloists, The Bach Choir, London Youth Choirs, Florilegium / David Hill (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London
22nd March 2024, Israel in Egypt, soloists, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists / Peter Whelan (conductor). St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
12th April 2024, Choral works by Péter Tóth, József Katona Central Library, Kecskemét, Hungary
20th April 2024, The Fairy Queen, soloists, HGO Antiqua Orchestra / Seb Gillot (conductor). Hampstead Garden Opera, Jackson Lane, London
15th May 2024, Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, Charlotte Mobbs, Katy Hill (sopranos), Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell (tenors), Ben Davies, Eamonn Dougan (basses), The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (conductor). Barbican Hall, London
24th May 2024, Silja Aalto (soprano), Morgan Pearse (baritone), Vilde Frang (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Barbican Hall, London
27th May 2024, Handel's Esther, soloists, Baroque ensemble, Solomon’s Knot (artistic director: Jonathan Sells). Wigmore Hall, London
3rd June 2024, Fidelio, soloists, Deaf West Theatre (Los Angeles), Coro de Manos Blancas (White Hands Choir, Venezuela), Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana, Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu, Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London
6th June 2024, Sol Gabetta (cello), Philharmonia / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London
8th June 2024, Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano), Sir Andras Schiff (piano, fortepiano). Wigmore Hall, London
14th June 2024, B minor Mass, soloists, Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe (conductor). Barbican Hall, London
19th July 2024, Acis and Galatea, soloists, Ensemble of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia / Michael Papadopoulos (conductor). Opera Holland Park, London
6th August 2024, PROM 24 – Purcell, The Fairy Queen: Le Jardin des Voix, Compagnie Käfig, Les Arts Florissants / Paul Agnew (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London
18th August 2024, PROM 38 – Dukas, Coll, Puccini, Stravinsky: Sol Gabetta (violoncello), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Tianyi Lu (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London
19th August 2024, Paisiello/Farwell, The Fabulist: Soloists, Instrumental group. Charing Cross Theatre, London
26th August - 1st September 2024, VI. MiraTone Festival and Academy, Budapest
31st August 2024, Concert for Peace – Read Thomas, Bach, Raichel, Mahler: Mirella Hagen (soprano), Diana Tishchenko (violin), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Idan Raichel (voice), Taiseer Elias (oud), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Heroes’ Square, Budapest
8th September 2024, R. Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (orchestral suite) Op.60-IIIa, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor), Müpa Budapest
26th September 2024, Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Ballet & Opera / Henrik Nánási (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
15th December 2024, The Christmas Story: Arcangelo / Jonathan Cohen (artistic director). Wigmore Hall, London
27th January 2025, Holocaust Day celebrations by the BBC
24th February 2025, Coleridge-Taylor, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Martha Argerich (piano), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor). Barbican Hall, London
11th March 2025, Prokofiev: Igor Levit (piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London
27th March 2025, London Handel Festival 2025 – Apollo e Dafne (HWV122) and The Choice of Hercules (HWV69): Soloists, La Nuova Musica / David Bates (conductor) with New English Ballet Theatre. Shoreditch Town Hall
28th March 2025, Loewe/Lerner, My Fair Lady: Soloists, The Questors Theatre Dancers, Chorus and Orchestra / Tom Arnold (musical director), The Questors Theatre, Ealing
4th April 2025, Webern, Mendelsohn, Arensky: Gábor Farkas (piano), Budapest Strings / János Pilz (leader). Solti Hall of the Music Academy, Budapest
6th April 2025, Mozart (selection) and Orff’s Carmina Burana: Soloists, Hungarian State Opera ensembles / Tibor Bogányi (conductor). Budapest Opera House
7th April 2025, Bach, St Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Soloists, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Jonathan Cohen (conductor), Grand Hall of the Music Academy, Budapest
9th April 2025, Vajda, Mario and the Magician / Bartók, Bluebeard’s Castle: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera / János Kovács (conductor), Hungarian State Opera, Budapest
22nd May 2025, R. Schumann, Mendelssohn: Sir András Schiff (fortepiano/conductor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Royal Festival Hall, London
2nd-4th June 2025, Shostakovich Cycle: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlosky, Sergei Bresler [violins], Ori Kam [viola], Kyril Zlotnikov [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London
20th June 2025, Lines of Life: Benjamin Appl (baritone), Simon Lepper (piano), Wigmore Hall, London
6th August 2025, Beethoven, Bartók: Dorottya Láng (mezzo-soprano), Krisztián Cser (bass), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London
7th September, 2025, Bach, Cantata BWV 69 (Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele): Lutherania Choir, musicians / Salamon Kamp (conductor). Lutheran Church, Deák Square, 1052 Budapest
9th September 2025, Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Dance Ensemble of Iván Fischer’s Opera Company, Students of the University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). MŰPA, Budapest
4th October 2025, Britten, The Rape of Lucretia: Soloists, English Touring Opera / Gerry Cornelius (conductor), Hackney Empire, London
1st November 2025, Jake Heggie, Dead Man Walking: Soloists, Finchley Children’s Music Group, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera / Kerem Hasan (conductor), London Coliseum
27th November 2025, Haydn: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir András Schiff (fortepiano, director). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
30th November 2025, Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Chelsea Opera Group / Grant Llewellyn (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London
4th December 2025, Shostakovich, Beethoven, Liszt: Paul Lewis (piano), Concerto Budapest / András Keller (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London
12th December 2025, Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Hungarian State Opera Children’s Chorus, Hungarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Martin Rajna (conductor), HunPuccini, La bohème: Soloists, Hungarian State Opera Children’s Chorus, Hungarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Martin Rajna (conductor), garian State Opera, Budapest
13th and 14th December 2025, Bach, Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Soloists, Hungarian Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Pál Németh and Soma Dinyés (conductors). MŰPA, Budapest; Bach, Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110: Soloists, Lutheránia Chorus and Orchestra / Salamon Kamp (conductor). Lutheran Church, Deák Tér, Budapest
14th December 2025, Mozart, Schubert: Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra / István Várdai (conductor), Franz Liszt Music Academy, Budapest
16th December 2025, Kodály 143: Symphony Orchestra and Alma-Mater Chorus of the Franz Liszt Academy / Matyas Antal (conductor). Great Hall of the Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest
1st February 2026, Music in Exile: ARC Ensemble (of Toronto), Michael Hass (guest lecturer). Wigmore Hall, London
20st - 22nd February 2026, Kurtág: birthday concerts, MŰPA and BMC, Budapest
1st March 2026, Kurtág, M. Simpson, R. Schumann, Webern: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Elena Schwarz (conductor), Tom Service (presenter). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
3rd April 2026, Haydn: Aylen Pritchin and Tim Crawford (violins), Iris Juda (viola), David Waterman (cello), Ruth Padel (poet), Wigmore Hall, London
18th April 2026, Various, Maho Ishizaka, Peter Tranchell: Tom Winpenny (organ), Piers Lane, David Doidge (piano), Tasmin Little (narrator), Imperial College Chamber Choir (conductor: Jonathan Wikeley), cast of Twice a Kiss / Michael Papadopoulos (conductor). St Paul’s Knightsbridge, London
1st - 3rd May 2026, Let the World Know – Concertos and other violin pieces with orchestra by Robert Schumann, Sibelius, Bartók, Dvořák, Ravel, Bruch, Brahms, Tschaikovsky: Barnabás Kelemen (violin), László Fenyő (violoncello), orchestras and conductors. Great Hall of the Music Academy Budapest
19th-20th May 2026, Sam Sherman’s Kaddish (how to be a sanctuary): performed by Sam Sherman. Old Red Lion Pub & Playhouse, London
22nd May 2026, Samadder/Guthrie, Dancing in the Mirror: Actors, Neal Cooper (tenor) and the Lewisham Creative Chorus / Thomas Guthrie (stage director, conductor). Fellowship Inn, Bellingham
2nd June 2026, Vespers, Vivaldi’s Venice & The Ancient Mediterranean: Iestyn Davies (countertenor), FIGURE / Frederick Waxman (conductor,), Idrisi Ensemble / Thomas Fournill (conductor), Sam Rayner (stage director). Sinfonia Smith Square
18th and 21st June 2026, Wagner, Das Rheingold, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Hungarian Radio Chorus and Orchestra / Ádám Fischer (conductor). MŰPA, Budapest
20th June 2026, Hommage á János Rolla: Otto Antikainen (violin), Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra / László G. Horváth (leader). Óbudai Társaskör Budapest
11th and 12th July 2026, Dénes Várjon (piano), Veronika Eberle (violin), Adrian Brendel (cello), Wigmore Hall, London
3rd August 2026, Kirill Gerstein (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London
For an up-to-date list of Agnes Kory’s English reviews and for information on Agnes Kory’s Hungarian reviews contact:
agneskory@googlemail.com