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Netia Jones is a visionary stage practitioner, but this show is a rare misjudgement.

Opera Vlaanderen revives a production of Handel's Agrippina based on American soap operas of the 1980s.

Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus were on top form, joined by a team of Baroque soloists under Handel expert Harry Bicket to produce a memorable Theodora.

If Count Almaviva (to say nothing of Don Giovanni) were alive today, he might perhaps enlist Richard Dawkins to defend his behaviour. We know from evolutionary biology that the male stands the best chance of passing on his genes if he has many partners, the female if she can keep the male around to help raise the children he’s had with her.

Classical Opera’s well-attended concert at the Wigmore Hall was intriguingly titled “Mozart’s Castrati”.

I hear that both you and your friend are getting married to wealthy and pretty ladies from Washington DC?My heartiest congratulations, gentlemen! As my early wedding gift, allow me to offer you some marriage wisdom: when your beloved betray you, remember to forgive them and keep living happily ever after.Don’t believe in betrayal? Well, then, allow me to prove my point.

A significantly smaller than usual audience was present for the SCO’s ‘Symphonic Opera’ concert, the finale of its St Andrews season. In the days leading up to thee concert, there was some disgruntlement from people about the programme – “Another Haydn symphony” was a common complaint, the Orchestra having put on several in St Andrews recently.

Lorsque Max Emanuel Cenčić et Renata Pokupić s'égarent, Peter Van Heyghen garde le cap dans une soirée pour le moins inégale.

Fehlende chorische Prägnanz stand im Gegensatz zu Wunderwerken von Sandrine Piau und dem Insula Orchestras bei Mozarts Confessore-Verspern und der Krönungsmesse.

Le RSNO a clôt sa saison samedi soir avec un programme Beethoven/Strauss. 

Le Collegium Vocale Gent et l’Orchestre des Champs-Élysées sous la direction de Philippe Herreweghe dans un programme Bruckner/Schubert : une musique pleine de gravité, proposée avec intensité par un très grand chef.