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Poor acoustics mar Mahler at the Cheltenham Music Festival
In Tewkesbury Abbey, reverb muddies a choral-heavy program of Brahms, Bruckner and Mahler from the British Sinfonietta and South Cotswold Big Sing Group.
Rosa Feola shines in WNO's I puritani
Annilese Miskimmon's production of I puritani mixes Royalists with Loyalists - but is musically successful under Carlo Rizzi's baton.
High-flying Peter Pan at WNO
Richard Ayres's Peter Pan, in a new WNO production, leaves J.M. Barrie's story dangling.
The Magic Flute given Magritte makeover by WNO
Lothar Koenigs conducts a stylish, colourful Magic Flute inspired by Magritte.
WNO's Chorus leads Carmen at the Bristol Hippodrome
The Welsh National Opera took to the Hippodrome stage for the Bristol leg of their UK tour ofCarmen. This was a revival of Welsh National Opera’s production in the late 1990s, co-produced with Scottish Opera.
Rossini's William Tell in fifty shades of grey
Welsh National Opera's new production of Rossini's William Tell shows off orchestra and chorus to their full under Carlo Rizzi's baton