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While major opera houses mount a dazzling variety of new Verdi, Wagner and Britten productions, a smaller local company, Surrey Opera, has taken it upon themselves to remember George Lloyd by producing his “neglected” first opera, Iernin.

The Last Night of the Proms provided a welcome tying-up of the various strands that have permeated this year’s season: British light music, the 60th anniversary of the Coronation, a host of premières and new BBC commissions, and the significant anniversaries of a number of composers (including the big-hitters of the season, Wagner and Britten).