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Performer: Derek Welton

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LondonBeethoven’s Ninth

BBC Proms
Bach, Montgomery, Beethoven
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda; Abel Selaocoe; Leah Hawkins; Stephanie Wake-Edwards; Martin Muehle

MontrealNagano Conducts Bach’s Christmas Oratorio

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Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal; Kent Nagano; Carolyn Sampson; Olivia Vermeulen; Sebastian Kohlhepp; Derek Welton

MadridSinfónico 22 - Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España

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Beethoven: Mass in D major, “Missa solemnis”, Op.123
Orquesta Nacional de España; Kent Nagano; Ema Nikolovska; Maximilian Schmitt; Derek Welton

LondonElektra

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Strauss R.: Elektra
Semyon Bychkov; Christof Loy; The Royal Opera; Johannes Leiacker; Olaf Winter; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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Billy Budd, or the Triumph of Beauty at the Opéra de Lyon

Sean Michael Plumb (Billy Budd) © Jean-Louis Fernandez
The Opéra de Lyon presents Britten’s masterpiece for the first time: a triumph, both visually and musically, which is received with great enthusiasm by the audience.
****1
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All that glitters is not gold in Budapest's new Lohengrin

Lohengrin at Hungarian State Opera © Valter Berecz/Hungarian State Opera
Klára Kolonits's radiant Elsa proves the main attraction in the Hungarian State Opera's visually appealing but conceptually lacking new Lohengrin.
**111
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Bychkov’s Mahler 8 makes a heavenly finale for Prague Spring

Mahler 8 closes the Prague Spring festival © Pražské jaro | Václav Hodina
Under the baton of Semyon Bychkov, the Czech Philharmonic and a sprawling supporting cast lead listeners up a stairway to heaven. 
****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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Parsifal in Augmented Reality at the Bayreuth Festival

Elīna Garanča (Kundry) © Enrico Nawrath
Jay Scheib spices up the visual experience with digital content in his production of Parsifal. Sounds good. But is it?
***11
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Wagner's music conquers all qualms in Opera North's Parsifal

Richard Farnes returns to Opera North to conduct and Sam Brown directs a concert staging of Wagner's final opera, Parsifal
****1
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