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Artiste: Yuriy Yurchuk

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Iolanta paired with Luonnotar in dramatic Helsinki double bill

Nina Bezu (Iolanta) and Edgaras Montvidas (Vaudémont) © Emma Suominen
In Helsinki, Antony McDonald pairs Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta with a staged version of Sibelius’ tone poem Luonnotar, brilliantly voiced by soprano Silja Aalto.

Petrenko’s searing Shostakovich overshadows Grosvenor’s Beethoven

Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra © Sarah Louise Bennett
Stylish Beethoven from Benjamin Grosvenor and dramatic Ustvolskaya from Yuriy Yurchuk, but Petrenko and the RPO’s blistering Shostakovich steals the show.

NIO delivers an emotionally engaging Eugene Onegin in Belfast

Anne Flanagan (Older Tatyana), Mary McCabe (Tatyana) and Yuriy Yurchuk (Onegin) © Neil Harrison Photography | Northern Ireland Opera
Director Cameron Menzies offers a fresh perspective on Tchaikovsky's masterpiece Eugene Onegin in this Northern Ireland Opera production. 

Seeing double: Iolanta and The Nutcracker reunited

Vasily Petrenko © Andy Paradise
Tchaikovsky's final opera and ballet were always intended to be paired; at the Royal Albert Hall Petrenko and the RPO present them together in a rewarding double-bill, marred by microphones.

Hearing in colour: Kochanovsky conducts ecstatic Scriabin

Stanislav Kochanovsky © Mark Allan
Multi-sensory music? Scriabin's Prometheus, Poem of Fire tickles the senses in an ecstatic performance under Stanislav Kochanovsky. 

Brilliant leads make for a moving Traviata at Northern Ireland Opera

Siobhan Stagg (Violetta) © Philip Magowan
Cameron Menzies sets Verdi's timeless opera in a timeless world, with a mixture of styles indicating that all is not as it seems.
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HelsinkiLuonnotar / IolantaNouvelle production

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Sibelius, Tchaïkovski
Kristian Sallinen; Antony McDonald; Opéra national de Finlande; Lucy Carter; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Finlande