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Glyndebourne’s <i>Billy Budd</i> makes a welcome return, fresh and devastating as ever &copy; Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton
Glyndebourne’s Billy Budd makes a welcome return, fresh and devastating as ever
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton
An updated <i>Poppea</i> crowned in Melbourne &copy; Jeff Busby
An updated Poppea crowned in Melbourne
© Jeff Busby
Anthony Negus conducts a vigorous, vivid <i>Tristan und Isolde</i> in the Cotswolds &copy; Matthew Williams-Ellis
Anthony Negus conducts a vigorous, vivid Tristan und Isolde in the Cotswolds
© Matthew Williams-Ellis
ENBS and JCS: ready to take the profession by storm &copy; Foteini Christofilopoulou
ENBS and JCS: ready to take the profession by storm
© Foteini Christofilopoulou
Bel canto brilliance: Lisette Oropesa the jewel in Covent Garden’s new <i>Puritani</i> crown &copy; RBO | Tristram Kenton
Bel canto brilliance: Lisette Oropesa the jewel in Covent Garden’s new Puritani crown
© RBO | Tristram Kenton
A hole in the heart: Johannes Erath’s new <i>Elektra</i> grips Tokyo &copy; Rikimaru Hotta
A hole in the heart: Johannes Erath’s new Elektra grips Tokyo
© Rikimaru Hotta
Cheap laughs in Staatsoper Berlin’s new <i>Entführung aus dem Serail</i> &copy; Stephan Rabold
Cheap laughs in Staatsoper Berlin’s new Entführung aus dem Serail
© Stephan Rabold
Ruzan Mantashyan’s compelling Tatyana makes the Grange Festival’s <i>Eugene Onegin</i> unmissable &copy; Richard Hubert Smith
Ruzan Mantashyan’s compelling Tatyana makes the Grange Festival’s Eugene Onegin unmissable
© Richard Hubert Smith
Minimalism and majesty from Ludovic Morlot and the BBC Philharmonic in Blackpool &copy; Benjamin Thomas
Minimalism and majesty from Ludovic Morlot and the BBC Philharmonic in Blackpool
© Benjamin Thomas
Speranza Scappucci and Rosa Feola lead a compelling <i>Lucia di Lammermoor</i> at La Scala &copy; Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Speranza Scappucci and Rosa Feola lead a compelling Lucia di Lammermoor at La Scala
© Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Mauro Bigonzetti’s <i>Caravaggio</i> in Palermo: striking intelligence, exceptional subtlety &copy; Rosellina Garbo
Mauro Bigonzetti’s Caravaggio in Palermo: striking intelligence, exceptional subtlety
© Rosellina Garbo
Utter joy: Grange Park Opera’s <i>Barbiere</i> is a hit &copy; Marc Brenner
Utter joy: Grange Park Opera’s Barbiere is a hit
© Marc Brenner
Rocío Molina in <i>Calentamiento</i>: a ferocious and fearless performer &copy; Simone Fratini
Rocío Molina in Calentamiento: a ferocious and fearless performer
© Simone Fratini
The significance of place: Sean Shibe’s ‘Electric Twilight’ at the Aldeburgh Festival &copy; Marcus Roth
The significance of place: Sean Shibe’s ‘Electric Twilight’ at the Aldeburgh Festival
© Marcus Roth
Maxim Emelyanychev, Steven Isserlis and the OAE party like it’s 1897 &copy; Mark Allan
Maxim Emelyanychev, Steven Isserlis and the OAE party like it’s 1897
© Mark Allan
Sydney Dance Company’s <i>Engine</i>: the cult is recruiting &copy; Wendell Teodoro
Sydney Dance Company’s Engine: the cult is recruiting
© Wendell Teodoro
Bach bookends <i>Company B</i>: Paul Taylor Dance at Jacob’s Pillow &copy; Grace Copeland
Bach bookends Company B: Paul Taylor Dance at Jacob’s Pillow
© Grace Copeland
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen: intrigue and mystery draws in the audience &copy; Phile Deprez
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen: intrigue and mystery draws in the audience
© Phile Deprez
Ermonela Jaho bows out as Violetta in Sofia Coppola’s stylish Rome <i>Traviata</i> &copy; Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Ermonela Jaho bows out as Violetta in Sofia Coppola’s stylish Rome Traviata
© Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Three Peters for the price of one: Lortzing’s <i>Zar und Zimmermann</i> at Deutsche Oper Berlin &copy; Thomas Aurin
Three Peters for the price of one: Lortzing’s Zar und Zimmermann at Deutsche Oper Berlin
© Thomas Aurin
Going for gold: Grange Park Opera’s Ring cycle gets under way with an excellent <i>Rheingold</i> &copy; Marc Brenner
Going for gold: Grange Park Opera’s Ring cycle gets under way with an excellent Rheingold
© Marc Brenner
Facing the ghost of Maria Callas: Greek National Opera’s <i>Medea</i> at Epidaurus &copy; A Simopoulos
Facing the ghost of Maria Callas: Greek National Opera’s Medea at Epidaurus
© A Simopoulos
Marin Alsop brings unexpected pleasures to the Philadelphia Orchestra &copy; Jordan August Photography, Courtesy of Highmark Mann
Marin Alsop brings unexpected pleasures to the Philadelphia Orchestra
© Jordan August Photography, Courtesy of Highmark Mann
BRB’s Sir Peter Wright Centenary: a fitting tribute &copy; Johan Persson
BRB’s Sir Peter Wright Centenary: a fitting tribute
© Johan Persson
<i>Gala Flamenca</i> at Sadler’s Wells: a masterclass in the flamenco arts &copy; Damiano Mongelli
Gala Flamenca at Sadler’s Wells: a masterclass in the flamenco arts
© Damiano Mongelli
Acosta Danza Yunior at Sadler’s Wells East: fabulous dancers, uneven choreography &copy; Yuris Nórido
Acosta Danza Yunior at Sadler’s Wells East: fabulous dancers, uneven choreography
© Yuris Nórido
Galați <i>Cenerentola</i> lights up the Bucharest stage &copy; Andrei Grigore
Galați Cenerentola lights up the Bucharest stage
© Andrei Grigore
Glyndebourne’s <i>Billy Budd</i> makes a welcome return, fresh and devastating as ever &copy; Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton
Glyndebourne’s Billy Budd makes a welcome return, fresh and devastating as ever
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton
An updated <i>Poppea</i> crowned in Melbourne &copy; Jeff Busby
An updated Poppea crowned in Melbourne
© Jeff Busby
Anthony Negus conducts a vigorous, vivid <i>Tristan und Isolde</i> in the Cotswolds &copy; Matthew Williams-Ellis
Anthony Negus conducts a vigorous, vivid Tristan und Isolde in the Cotswolds
© Matthew Williams-Ellis
ENBS and JCS: ready to take the profession by storm &copy; Foteini Christofilopoulou
ENBS and JCS: ready to take the profession by storm
© Foteini Christofilopoulou
Bel canto brilliance: Lisette Oropesa the jewel in Covent Garden’s new <i>Puritani</i> crown &copy; RBO | Tristram Kenton
Bel canto brilliance: Lisette Oropesa the jewel in Covent Garden’s new Puritani crown
© RBO | Tristram Kenton
A hole in the heart: Johannes Erath’s new <i>Elektra</i> grips Tokyo &copy; Rikimaru Hotta
A hole in the heart: Johannes Erath’s new Elektra grips Tokyo
© Rikimaru Hotta
Cheap laughs in Staatsoper Berlin’s new <i>Entführung aus dem Serail</i> &copy; Stephan Rabold
Cheap laughs in Staatsoper Berlin’s new Entführung aus dem Serail
© Stephan Rabold
Ruzan Mantashyan’s compelling Tatyana makes the Grange Festival’s <i>Eugene Onegin</i> unmissable &copy; Richard Hubert Smith
Ruzan Mantashyan’s compelling Tatyana makes the Grange Festival’s Eugene Onegin unmissable
© Richard Hubert Smith
Minimalism and majesty from Ludovic Morlot and the BBC Philharmonic in Blackpool &copy; Benjamin Thomas
Minimalism and majesty from Ludovic Morlot and the BBC Philharmonic in Blackpool
© Benjamin Thomas
Speranza Scappucci and Rosa Feola lead a compelling <i>Lucia di Lammermoor</i> at La Scala &copy; Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Speranza Scappucci and Rosa Feola lead a compelling Lucia di Lammermoor at La Scala
© Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Mauro Bigonzetti’s <i>Caravaggio</i> in Palermo: striking intelligence, exceptional subtlety &copy; Rosellina Garbo
Mauro Bigonzetti’s Caravaggio in Palermo: striking intelligence, exceptional subtlety
© Rosellina Garbo
Utter joy: Grange Park Opera’s <i>Barbiere</i> is a hit &copy; Marc Brenner
Utter joy: Grange Park Opera’s Barbiere is a hit
© Marc Brenner
Rocío Molina in <i>Calentamiento</i>: a ferocious and fearless performer &copy; Simone Fratini
Rocío Molina in Calentamiento: a ferocious and fearless performer
© Simone Fratini
The significance of place: Sean Shibe’s ‘Electric Twilight’ at the Aldeburgh Festival &copy; Marcus Roth
The significance of place: Sean Shibe’s ‘Electric Twilight’ at the Aldeburgh Festival
© Marcus Roth
Maxim Emelyanychev, Steven Isserlis and the OAE party like it’s 1897 &copy; Mark Allan
Maxim Emelyanychev, Steven Isserlis and the OAE party like it’s 1897
© Mark Allan
Sydney Dance Company’s <i>Engine</i>: the cult is recruiting &copy; Wendell Teodoro
Sydney Dance Company’s Engine: the cult is recruiting
© Wendell Teodoro
Bach bookends <i>Company B</i>: Paul Taylor Dance at Jacob’s Pillow &copy; Grace Copeland
Bach bookends Company B: Paul Taylor Dance at Jacob’s Pillow
© Grace Copeland
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen: intrigue and mystery draws in the audience &copy; Phile Deprez
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen: intrigue and mystery draws in the audience
© Phile Deprez
Ermonela Jaho bows out as Violetta in Sofia Coppola’s stylish Rome <i>Traviata</i> &copy; Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Ermonela Jaho bows out as Violetta in Sofia Coppola’s stylish Rome Traviata
© Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Three Peters for the price of one: Lortzing’s <i>Zar und Zimmermann</i> at Deutsche Oper Berlin &copy; Thomas Aurin
Three Peters for the price of one: Lortzing’s Zar und Zimmermann at Deutsche Oper Berlin
© Thomas Aurin
Going for gold: Grange Park Opera’s Ring cycle gets under way with an excellent <i>Rheingold</i> &copy; Marc Brenner
Going for gold: Grange Park Opera’s Ring cycle gets under way with an excellent Rheingold
© Marc Brenner
Facing the ghost of Maria Callas: Greek National Opera’s <i>Medea</i> at Epidaurus &copy; A Simopoulos
Facing the ghost of Maria Callas: Greek National Opera’s Medea at Epidaurus
© A Simopoulos
Marin Alsop brings unexpected pleasures to the Philadelphia Orchestra &copy; Jordan August Photography, Courtesy of Highmark Mann
Marin Alsop brings unexpected pleasures to the Philadelphia Orchestra
© Jordan August Photography, Courtesy of Highmark Mann
BRB’s Sir Peter Wright Centenary: a fitting tribute &copy; Johan Persson
BRB’s Sir Peter Wright Centenary: a fitting tribute
© Johan Persson
<i>Gala Flamenca</i> at Sadler’s Wells: a masterclass in the flamenco arts &copy; Damiano Mongelli
Gala Flamenca at Sadler’s Wells: a masterclass in the flamenco arts
© Damiano Mongelli
Acosta Danza Yunior at Sadler’s Wells East: fabulous dancers, uneven choreography &copy; Yuris Nórido
Acosta Danza Yunior at Sadler’s Wells East: fabulous dancers, uneven choreography
© Yuris Nórido
Galați <i>Cenerentola</i> lights up the Bucharest stage &copy; Andrei Grigore
Galați Cenerentola lights up the Bucharest stage
© Andrei Grigore
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