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A strong cast led by Sarah Aristidou and compelling conducting from Nicholas Collon are the highlights of the opening night of this year's Musikfest Berlin.
Unreal city: The Rake's Progress at the Royal Academy of Music
Frederic Wake-Walker's realisation of the Hogarth-inspired opera is visually bracing and assuredly sung.
Juan Diego Flórez charms as Roméo in Florence
For the 84th edition of its summer festival, the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino presents its first ever production of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette.
A successful, interactive opening of the Donizetti Opera Festival
Riccardo Frizza conducts Alberto Zedda's critical edition of L’elisir d’amore with a great cast, including tenor star Javier Camarena and a very young, very promising prima donna, Caterina Sala.
Strong cast lifts constrained staging in Glyndebourne's Fidelio
A vast panopticon cages strong musical performances in Wake-Walker's Fidelio at Glyndebourne, with Dorothea Herbert and Adam Smith standing out vocally and emotionally as Leonore and Florestan.
Purcell and beyond: Errollyn Wallen’s dramatic new Dido’s Ghost
A dramatic new opera from Errollyn Wallen, with the Dunedin Consort, chorus and a strong cast including Isabelle Peters, Matthew Brook, Nardus Williams and Allison Cook.