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Jakub Hrusa Jakub Hrusa
The young Czech conductor gives a memorable performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.
operas
Hoffmann Les Contes d'Hoffmann
ROH
Mexican tenor Rolando Villazon returns to Covent Garden as Hoffmann, the role in which he triumphed four years ago.
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concerts
James Hancock Wagner's Dutchman
Barbican
New company London Lyric Opera present a concert performance of Wagner's early opera Der fliegende Holländer.
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operas
Riders to the Sea ENO premiere
Coliseum
Richard Hickox is remembered at English National Opera's production of Vaughan Williams' Riders to the Sea.
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features
Christine Rice Christine Rice
Interview
The mezzo-soprano talks about playing Giulietta in Covent Garden's revival of Les Contes d'Hoffmann.
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opera reviews
Pelleas Pelléas et Mélisande
Sadler's Wells
The youthful Independent Opera presents a specially-commissioned chamber version of Debussy's haunting opera.
Boris Boris Godunov
Coliseum
Tim Albery directs a new production of the seven-scene original version of Mussorgsky's gloomy masterpiece.
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concert reviews
Vasily Petrenko Vasily Petrenko
Barbican Hall
Vasily Petrenko conducts students of the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich and Prokofiev.
Quasthoff Thomas Quasthoff
Wigmore Hall
Baritone Thomas Quasthoff performs a programme of songs by Schubert, Schumann and Mussorgsky.
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classical features
Richard Hickox Richard Hickox
Obituary
We pay tribute to the conductor Richard Hickox who has died just days before the opening of ENO's Riders to the Sea.
Goldoni Goldoni and Opera
Feature
A look at operas by Mozart, Martinu and Wolf-Ferrari based on the plays of the 18th Century Venetian Carlo Goldoni.
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classical recordings reviews
Terpsichore Terpsichore and other works
Dilute
An astonishing range of styles in a collection of works by the British-Australian composer Jonathan Little.
Acis Acis & Galatea
Linn Records
John Butt directs the Dunedin Consort and Players in Handel's opera in the Original Cannons Performing Version.
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