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Grafenegg«Emily – No Prisoner Be» Joyce DiDonato

Grafenegg Kulturbetriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Puts: Emily—No Prisoner Be
Andrew Staples; Time for Three

PragueRadek Baborák / Fleur Barron / Andrew Staples

© Petra Hajská
Williams, Mahler
Czech Philharmonic; Daniel Harding; Radek Baborák; Fleur Barron; Andrew Staples

ParisOrchestre de Paris / Esa-Pekka Salonen

© Mathias Benguigui
Mozart, Mahler
Orchestre de Paris; Esa-Pekka Salonen; Iris Scialom; Karen Cargill; Andrew Staples

ViennaVienna Symphony Orchestra

Musikverein Wien
Berlioz: Requiem "Grande Messe des morts", Op.5
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Maxime Pascal; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien; Andrew Staples

CoventryBritten’s War Requiem

© Garry Jones
Britten: War Requiem, Op.66
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Irina Lungu; Andrew Staples; Christian Gerhaher; CBSO Chorus

LucerneA Call for Peace

© Benjamin Ealovega
Britten: War Requiem, Op.66
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Cambridge Choir of Trinity College; Lukas Sternath; Irina Lungu; Christian Gerhaher
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The ears have it: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas on the Cutty Sark

Karima El Demerdasch (Dido) © Paul Marc Mitchell
Come away fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing! All board the Cutty Sark for a semi-staging of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists.
****1
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Reflections and frenzy from Canellakis and the London Philharmonic

Karina Canellakis conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra © Marc Gascoigne

A compelling evening from the London Philharmonic Orchestra tackles different themes of spring, showing gracefulness in Lili Boulanger’s works and beating up a frenzy in Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.

****1
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Faust’s bargain, Berlioz’s triumph in Montréal’s season launch

Rafael Payare © Antoine Saito
Rafael Payare leads a fevered account of desire, damnation and sonic grandeur, ably supported by Karen Cargill and Andrew Staples. 
****1
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Edward Gardner takes the long view in Mahler's Eighth

Edward Gardner conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra © Mark Allan
Sacred and secular, operatic and symphonic dimensions united in a thrilling climax to the London Philharmonic Orchestra's season. 
****1
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The LA Phil's Fidelio with Deaf West Theatre gives Beethoven a voice

Fidelio in Disney Hall © Timothy Norris
Gustavo Dudamel's concept of a semi-staged Fidelio in collaboration with Deaf West Theatre gives a voice to Beethoven so enormous that those with hearing impairments can surely hear.
*****
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An outstanding Elijah from SCO and Maxim Emelyanychev

Maxim Emelyanychev with the SCO, Carolyn Sampson and Roderick Williams at BBC Proms 2023 © Chris Christodoulou

An outstanding Elijah from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus with Maxim Emelyanychev, headed up by Roderick Williams, with Carolyn Sampson, Rowan Pierce, Anna Stéphany and Thomas Walker.

*****
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