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Il barbiere di Siviglia @ Royal Opera, London
Rossini's comic masterpiece returns to Covent Garden in a new production conducted by Mark Elder. Joyce DiDonato is a superlative Rosina...
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The Dream of Gerontius LSO @ Barbican Hall, London
Sir Colin Davis conducts an inspired performance of Elgar's choral masterpiece. Anne Sofie von Otter stars.
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The Nutcracker Royal Ballet, Covent Garden
Miyako Yoshida and Federico Bonelli head the first night of the latest revival of the classic Christmas ballet...
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Billy Budd ENO @ London Coliseum
Simon Keenlyside and John Tomlinson lead a dream cast in Britten's masterpiece. But is the staging up to scratch?
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La valse mixed bill Royal Ballet, Covent Garden
A mixed bill includes Kenneth Macmillan's evocation of World War I and a new work by Alastair Marriott...
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La cenerentola Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Glyndebourne on Tour presents Peter Hall's first production of a Rossini opera... and it's sheer delight.
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Le nozze di Figaro Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Glyndebourne on Tour in Plymouth with Graham Vick's wonderful, witty take on Mozart.
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London Symphony Orchestra Barbican Hall
Bernard Haitink continues his Beethoven cycle with the Pastoral Symphony and the Triple Concerto...
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Surrender Road Vanderbilt University, Nashville
The world premiere of Marcus Hummon's opera, a contemporary tale of love and disappointment...
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St Petersburg Philharmonic Barbican Hall
Yuri Temirkanov brings his great Russian orchestra to the Barbican with music by Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and Brahms.....
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Sylvia Royal Ballet
Underrated ballerina Zenaida Yanowsky takes the title role in Sir Frederick Ashton's ballet, and the results are stunning...
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Un Ballo in Maschera ROH
Sir Charles Mackerras celebrates his 80th birthday with Verdi's political thriller in Mario Martone's production at the Royal Opera House.
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London Symphony Orchestra Barbican Hall
Bernard Haitink's Beethoven cycle continues with the Second Symphony, whilst the funeral march of the Eroica is played with a sense of heightened tragedy...
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London Symphony Orchestra Barbican Hall
Bernard Haitink launches his year-long Beethoven cycle with the Violin Concerto and the Seventh Symphony...
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London Symphony Orchestra Barbican Hall
Michael Tilson Thomas continues to present Tchaikovsky's music in a new light: the Romeo and Juliet Overture, the Piano Concerto, and Symphony No 1.
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Manon Royal Ballet
Kenneth Macmillan's Manon still has great impact at the ROH, with Leanne Benjamin impressive in the title role...
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Budapest Festival Orchestra Barbican Hall
Ivan Fischer returns to the Barbican with his Budapest ensemble in an outstanding programme of Bartok and Beethoven.
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Madam Butterfly ENO
Oscar-winning film director Anthony Minghella makes his opera debut with an artistic fusion of East and West.
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London Symphony Orchestra Barbican Hall
Michael Tilson Thomas reconsiders Tchaikovsky with a rare performance of the Manfred Symphony. And Vadim Repin plays the Violin Concerto...
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London Philharmonic Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Donizetti's only Biblical opera in a concert performance by the LPO. Drama on this scale demands a full staging...
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Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Cadogan Hall
Sir Neville Marriner at London's newest concert hall with a sparkling programme of neo-classical and romantic works.
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Pierre Boulez 80th Birthday Concert Barbican Hall
Pierre Boulez celebrates his 80th birthday at the Barbican, with works by Debussy and Ravel played by the BBC SO.
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Renée Fleming Barbican Hall
Celebrated American soprano Renée Fleming exceeds all expectations in a knock-out Barbican recital...
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The Midsummer Marriage ROH
In his centenary year, Tippett's first opera returns to the Royal Opera House - and it's surprisingly accessible...
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Don Carlos @ North Wales Theatre, Llandudno
After ten years of planning, John Caird's new production of Verdi's opera opens in Wales. But was it worth the wait?
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Michael Nyman @ Barbican, London
A solo performance at the Barbican, featuring a bevy of filmscores from the Oscar-winning composer's glittering career.
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Gergiev LSO @ Barbican, London
Valery Gergiev embarks on his Shostakovich symphony cycle with the Eighth, plus the Russian composer's arrangement of Schumann's Cello Concerto.
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Gergiev LSO @ Barbican, London
The second concert in the cycle brings us a knock-out performance of the Leningrad Symphony, plus highlights from Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina.
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Salome ENO @ Coliseum, London
Cheryl Barker makes her debut as Salome, Robert Hayward is Jokanaan and John Graham Hall is Herod in Strauss' masterpiece.
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45th Anniversary ECO @ Cadogan Hall
The English Chamber Orchestra celebrates 45 years of fabulous music-making with a programme of Bartók, Mozart and Haydn.
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The Merry Widow WNO @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Lesley Garrett stars as The Widow in a slick production of Lehar's operetta, but the overall impression is not quite so merry...
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The Carmelites ENO
Poulenc's powerful opera of fear and faith returns with Felicity Palmer CBE, Dame Josephine Barstow and Catrin Wyn-Davies: Paul Daniel conducts.
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Fidelio SCO @ Barbican Hall
Sir Charles Mackerras celebrates his forthcoming 80th birthday by conducting a concert performance of Beethoven's mighty (and only) opera.
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Xenakis - Architect in Sound QEH
The BBC Symphony Orchestra with the first of five concerts celebrating the extraordinary music of Iannis Xenakis: Jac van Steen conducts.
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Siegfried ROH
The Warner / Pappano vision of Wagner's Ring reaches its third instalment with Siegfried. John Treleaven is the hero, Lisa Gasteen his Brünnhilde.
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Dvorak Violin Concerto LSO @ Barbican Hall
The London Symphony Orchestra under Andrey Boreyko perform an eclectic programme, including Dvorak's Violin Concerto, with Leonidas Kavakos as soloist.
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Haydn at Esterházá Wigmore Hall
The Classical Opera Company with a programme of Haydn's symphonic, operatic and sacred compositions for Prince Nikolaus Esterházy's court.
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Schumann, Walton Barbican Hall
LSO's autumn season continues with Schumann's great piano concerto, with Mitsuko Uchida as the soloist and Sir Colin Davis conducting.
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Maskarade ROH
Director David Pountney makes a light-hearted, entertaining show of Carl Nielson's unofficial Danish national opera...
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Haydn: L'infedeltŕ delusa
St John's Smith Square, London: Bampton Classical Opera and the London Mozart Players conjure up a magical evening with a sparkling light opera brimming with wit.
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Sibelius: Pohjola's Daughter, Kullervo Symphony Barbican Hall
Sir Colin Davis and the LSO open the new season with Sibelius' choral symphony and tone poem.
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La fanciulla del West ROH
Puccini's Wild West Opera - Argentinian José Cura starring as Dick Johnson and Andrea Gruber as Minnie.
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Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal ROH
Donizetti's last work performed in concert in the original French, with Simon Keenlyside as Abayaldos and Mark Elder conducting.
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Boris Godunov Kirov Opera, ROH
The Kirov Opera's ROH season opens with perhaps the greatest of Russian operas.
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Khovanshchina Kirov Opera, ROH
The Kirov Opera's ROH season continues with Mussorgsky's last (and unfinished) opera.
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Andrea Chénier Opera Holland Park
A rare staging of Umberto Giordano's work at Opera Holland Park.
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Eugene Onegin Opera Holland Park
More from Opera Holland Park, with the Mr Darcy-like Onegin played by Mark Stone, opposite Camilla Roberts as Tatyana.
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Die Walküre Royal Opera
Plácido Domingo is back as Siegmund, with Bryn Terfel as Wotan, Waltraud Meier as Sieglinde and Lisa Gasteen as Brünnhilde. Is this the dream cast?
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Otello Royal Opera
ROH on a roll - Renée Fleming's Desdemona and Ben Heppner's Otello are just two of the highlights of this classic revival.
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Mitridate Royal Opera
A rare chance to experience early Mozart. He wrote Mitridate when he was 14, so any immaturity can be forgiven. But there isn't much...
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Anna Bolena
Tower of London Music Festival, London
The inaugural Tower of London Music Festival stages Donizetti's rarely performed opera with mixed results...
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Land Of Light / Mozart Requiem
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
The Hertfordshire Chorus, conducted by the indefatigable David Temple, in the World Première of Haigh's Land Of Light.
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Andre Previn 75h Birthday Gala
Barbican, London
The celebrated conductor, composer and pianist joins the London Symphony Orchestra for a concert featuring Ravel and Strauss.
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Pieter Wispelwey Plays Bach
Wigmore Hall, London
Dutch cellist Pieter Wispelwey tackles the mammoth task of playing all six Bach cello suites in an evening...
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Angela Gheorghiu sings Puccini Arias
Royal Festival Hall, London
Angela Gheorghiu joins the growing band of opera stars to plug their albums... but she's worth it.
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La bohème
Angela Gheorghiu brings Mimě to triumphant life (and death...) in the classic John Copley production at Covent Garden.
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Rigoletto
McVicar's production of Verdi's dark masterpiece is back at the Royal Opera House, with a starry new cast and Edward Downes in the pit. |
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Il turco in Italia
Cecilia Bartoli is only one of the highlights in the Royal Opera's first ever production of Rossini's sparkling comedy. |
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1984
He's well-known as a conductor, but Lorin Maazel as opera composer? His 1984 premieres at Covent Garden, with Simon Keenlyside creating the role of Winston. |
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400 Voices Sing Berlioz
Berlioz' Te Deum, Holst's Hymn to Jesus and the sublime Tallis 40-part masterpiece first performed for Queen Elizabeth I in 1573... |
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Un Ballo In Maschera
A new production of Verdi's Masked Ball at the Royal Opera House is lavishly cast - but messily conceived? |
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Lulu
Alban Berg's shocking masterpiece returns to the Coliseum, with Lisa Saffer compelling in the title role. |
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Twilight Of The Gods
ENO concludes Phyllida Lloyd's Ring Cycle with the epic Wagner marathon... have they resorted to stunts to trounce ROH? |
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Die Walküre
The next instalment of the Royal Opera House Ring Cycle features Bryn Terfel climbing his Everest as Wotan, and not even needing oxygen to succeed brilliantly. |
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On The Town
Leonard Bernstein's genius bursts out at the Coliseum in the original New York, New York musical. Miss it at your peril... |
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Die Zauberflöte
Sir Charles Mackerras refreshes the parts other conductors cannot reach, Rebecca Evens makes a stunning debut as Pamina and Simon Keenleyside repeats his famed Papageno. |
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La Traviata
French soprano Norah Amsellem tackles the difficult role of Violetta, the original tart with a heart (of gold)... |
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A Child Of Our Time
A celebratory, 100th Anniversary first ever staging of Sir Michael Tippett's best known oratorio. Does it gain from a stage production? |
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Turandot
Mark Elder brings out the best in Puccini's strikingly modern opera, with Hei-Kyung Hong as Liů providing the musical highlight. |
