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LondonBach Collegium Japan: Handel’s Messiah

Barbican
Handel: Messiah
Masato Suzuki; Bach Collegium Japan; Rachel Nicholls; Terry Wey; Mauro Peter

GlyndebourneBilly Budd

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Britten: Billy Budd
Nicholas Carter; Michael Grandage; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Christopher Oram; Paule Constable; London Philharmonic Orchestra

LondonDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Stefano Montanari; Kasper Holten; The Royal Opera; Es Devlin; Anja Vang Kragh; Bruno Poet; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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The Dunedin Consort Messiah remains a welcome seasonal speciality

Nardus Williams © Bertie Watson

The Dunedin Messiah, a speciality with Baroque instruments, is given with soloists Nardus Williams, Lotte Betts-Dean, Joshua Ellicott and Dingle Yandell in Perth, directed by John Butt.

****1
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Glyndebourne’s iconic Dream approaches its century

Nils Wanderer (Oberon) and Jennifer France (Tytania) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Tristram Kenton
Sir Peter Hall's classic staging of Britten's Shakespearean comedy nears a landmark moment in Glyndebourne’s autumn season. 
****1
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Strong team for a Good Friday St John Passion

The Academy of Ancient Music © Benjamin Ealovega
The greatest music of the 18th century – no arguments, please – is given a fine reading at London's Barbican. 
****1
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Undernourished: ENO’s Bohème revival lacks red meat

Nadine Benjamin (Mimì) and Joshua Blue (Rodolfo) © Lloyd Winters
Sir Jonathan Miller’s production of Puccini’s classic remains powerful, but ENO’s latest revival underwhelms at the Coliseum. 
***11
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Carmen at Glyndebourne: a timeless tragedy

Dmytro Popov (Don José) and Rihab Chaieb (Carmen) © Glyndebourne Productions | Richard Hubert Smith
Diane Paulus' staging is remarkably true to the original while making it feel like the work was written yesterday.
*****
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White roses haunt Scottish Opera’s enthralling Daphne

Hye-Youn Lee (Daphne) © Sally Jubb
A strong cast led by Hye-Youn Lee, Shengzhi Ren and Brad Cooper head a magnificent semi-staged Daphne, conducted by Stuart Stratford.
****1
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