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Performer: Charlotte Bowden

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LondonMozart's Requiem

© Goldsmitths Choral Union Cadogan Hall
Mozart, Haydn, Schubert
Affinity Chamber Orchestra; Jack Apperley; Goldsmiths Choral Union; Charlotte Bowden; Merce Bruguera Abello; William Searle

LondonParsifalNew production

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Wagner: Parsifal
Jakub Hrůša; Evgeny Titov; The Royal Opera; Étienne Pluss; Esther Bialas; DM Wood; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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Weber's Oberon convinces musically but fails dramatically

Nicky Spence (Oberon) © BBC | Chris Christodoulou
The composer's final opera is virtually impossible to stage comfortably, but Sir Mark Elder makes a convincing case for more regular outings of its beautiful music
***11
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Enigmatic and deeply moving: rare Rubbra at the Three Choirs Festival

The Three Choirs Festival Chorus in Gloucester Cathedral © James O’Driscoll
At Gloucester Cathedral, works by Cecilia McDowall and Edmund Rubbra, despite their indirectness and small scale, make an impact even stronger then Beethoven.
***11
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Confusion clouds any central critique in Clément's Don Giovanni

Andrei Bondarenko (Don Giovanni) and Sam Carl (Leporello) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Strong musical performances in a flawed and confused production revived for the autumn season at Glyndebourne. 
***11
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Handel's Theodora at Snape

Irene’s "Bane of virtue" was the first moment at which a singer’s performance met the measure of the work.
***11
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La Cappella Mediterranea à la fête pour ses 20 ans à Ambronay

Leonardo García-Alarcón dirige Acis et Galatée à Ambronay © Bertrand Pichène
Après une répétition ouverte au public, l'ensemble dirigé par Leonardo García-Alarcón a magnifiquement fêté ses 20 ans avec une belle interprétation d'Acis et Galatée de Haendel.
****1
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