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A stylish Così fan tutte at The Grange Festival
Entertainment ideal for country house opera-goers, enhanced by some fine singing and excellent playing from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
Love and death in Scotland: Mercadante’s Il proscritto
A great orchestral performance of an exciting score don't quite mask the dramatic weaknesses of Opera Rara's latest.
Great music but balance off-kilter: the LSO tackle Weill
Problems of balance bedevilled a fine programme of some of Weill's most bitter, ironical works which improved substantially after the interval.
Powerful beginning to Bridgewater Hall's Vaughan Williams 150 cycle
The BBC Philharmonic and Mark Wigglesworth present moving accounts of two symphonies, plus eloquent singing from Alessandro Fisher in the orchestral version of On Wenlock Edge.
Prom 40: Royal assortment from the OAE
Fine performances of music associated with Queen Victoria, with a royal novelty thrown in to complete a programme marked by commitment and vigour.
The Grange Festival's Falstaff hits all the right notes
Comic opera can fall flat, but if The Grange Festival's new production of Verdi's final masterpiece is a total delight, with a strong concept and a strong cast. This is country-house opera at its best.