Fact file
| Year of birth | 1842 |
| Year of death | 1912 |
| Nationality | France |
| Period | Romantic |
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CanterburyPassion & Poetry
Wagner, Massenet, Verdi, Liszt
Philharmonia Orchestra; Christoph Altstaedt; Jerwoods Choir
LeicesterPassion & Poetry
Wagner, Massenet, Verdi, Liszt
Philharmonia Orchestra; Christoph Altstaedt; Jerwoods Choir
BedfordPassion & Poetry
Wagner, Massenet, Verdi, Liszt
Philharmonia Orchestra; Christoph Altstaedt; Singers from the Glyndebourne Jerwood Young Artists Scheme
ZürichWerther
Massenet: Werther
Lorenzo Viotti; Tatjana Gürbaca; Zurich Opera; Klaus Grünberg; Silke Willrett; Piotr Beczała; Margarita Gritskova
LondonJoseph Calleja
Verdi, Massenet, Bizet, Cilea, Puccini, Offenbach
Philharmonia Orchestra; Andrew Greenwood; Joseph Calleja
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Vengerov and Osetinskaya explore Brahms at the Barbican
Maxim Vengerov and Polina Osetinskaya’s marathon of Brahms sonatas showed off the composer at his most lyrical and dramatic.
Hakhnazaryan at Wigmore: a riotous jig with a touch of class
Hakhnazaryan’s programme was rich with meaty music.
An outstanding performance by Francesca Hayward
Yet another revival of MacMillan's signature ballet. Enlivened by tremendous performances, not least in the title role, and still a classic. But, how long will that pertain?
Enter the madman: Massenet’s Don Quichotte in Sydney
Massanet’s Don Quichotte is mounted by Opera Australia, in a production which creaks but is held together by fine singing from Ferruccio Furlanetto and Warwick Fyfe.
A conceptually bold Manon at Oper Köln
This production fell just short of brilliance but showed how relevant and thought-provoking opera as an art form can be when tapping into today's headline debates.