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Performer: Dietrich Henschel

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Reimann's Lear makes for a dark season finale at Prague State Opera

MIloš Horák (Gloucester) and Tómas Tómasson (Lear) © Petr Neubert
Aribert Reimann's Lear takes no prisoners in a disturbing portrayal of a world gone awry, but Barbora Horáková's scattergun direction adds to the confusion. 
***11
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Zubin Mehta finds fountain of youth in LA Phil’s Gurre-Lieder

Zubin Mehta conducts the LA Philharmonic in Gurre-Lieder © Timothy Norris
A memorable, impassioned performance of Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder in Disney Hall. 
*****
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Henschel and Kynoch deliver a haunting Winterreise at Oxford Lieder

Oxford Lieder's theme may be 'Winter into Spring', but in Schubert’s Winterreise, snow lies deep throughout with nary a glimpse of warmer prospects.
****1
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The OSM plays exquisitely at Montreal’s Schubert Festival

As part of its Schubert Festival, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal wowed the audience with a concert that featured excerpts from Rossini operas as well as two Schubert symphonies.
****1
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Czernowin's Heart Chamber stirs passions at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Heart Chamber explores how small outer events often correspond to tectonic inner changes.
****1
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Anglo-Polish forces triumph in Penderecki

Few composers have made such a notable impact in setting the St Luke Passion narrative, and this impressive performance under an inspired Vladimir Jurowski made clear its relevance today.
****1
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