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Elemental colours and Shakespearean drama from the China NCPA Orchestra in Hamburg

By Mengguang Huang, 15 August 2025

At the final stop of its European tour, the China NCPA Orchestra, led by Myung-Whun Chung with Bruce Liu, deliver luminous precision, refined Ravel and cinematic Prokofiev at the Elbphilharmonie.

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Hamburg

15 Aug 2025

Shakespearean drama from the China NCPA Orchestra

By Mengguang Huang

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Pärnu

Bizet raises the roof at the Pärnu Music Festival

By Peter Quantrill, 13 July 2024

The Estonian Festival Orchestra is on scintillating form in a rare outing for Roma, Bizet's own “Italian Symphony”.

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Pärnu

13 Jul 2024

Bizet raises the roof at the Pärnu Music Festival

By Peter Quantrill

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Edinburgh

A warm reunion: RSNO and Neeme Järvi spread French delight

By David Smythe, 01 November 2019

RSNO is reunited with Neeme Järvi, joined by Catriona Morison in a crowd-pleasing programme of Delibes, Bizet and Saint-Saëns.

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Edinburgh

01 Nov 2019

A warm reunion: RSNO and Neeme Järvi spread French delight

By David Smythe

Prague

A flat finish for Prague Spring

By Frank Kuznik, 04 June 2019

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse lets the air out of a promising program and a Czech classic.

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Prague

04 Jun 2019

A flat finish for Prague Spring

By Frank Kuznik

Paris

Return to the harem: Marianne Crebassa seduces in Ravel's Shéhérazade in Paris

By Mark Pullinger, 20 May 2017

With barely time for coffee and baklava after the Orchestre Pasdeloup's Arabian matinee, I stepped boldly back into the harem for a rendezvous with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse.

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Paris

20 May 2017

Return to the harem: Ravel's Shéhérazade in Paris

By Mark Pullinger

Dublin

Flórez's love songs captures Dublin hearts

By Andrew Larkin, 25 October 2014

In an all French language opera progromme, Juan Diego Flórez shines in his Dublin leg of Tour l'Amour

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Dublin

25 Oct 2014

Flórez's love songs captures Dublin hearts

By Andrew Larkin

Istanbul

Roberto Alagna celebrates with the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra on their 15th birthday

By Katy Wright, 28 November 2013

This opera gala saw the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra mark their 15th anniversary with an unforgettable evening. The BIPO were joined by tenor Roberto Alagna, making his Istanbul debut, and mezzo-soprano Roxana Constantinescu, a rising star.

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Istanbul

28 Nov 2013

Borusan Philharmonic Orchestra, Alagna

By Katy Wright

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Madrid

El arte como respuesta. Recital de Netrebko y Eyvazov en el Real

By Juan José Freijo, 25 July 2022

Un recital en el que reinó la camaradería y que supone la contestación de Netrebko a las polémicas que pueblan las redes sociales.

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Madrid

25 Jul 2022

El arte como respuesta. Recital de Netrebko y Eyvazov en el Real

By Juan José Freijo