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LondonJette Parker Artists Summer Performance 2026
Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Talia Stern; Hannah Edmunds; Marianna Hovanisyan; Jingwen Cai
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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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Sesto Quatrini; Damiano Michieletto; The Royal Opera; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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Sir Antonio Pappano; Oliver Mears; The Royal Opera; Philipp Fürhofer; Annemarie Woods; Fabiana Piccioli; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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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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Richard Jones’ clunky Samson et Dalila returns to Covent Garden
With Aigul Akhmetshina and Seokjong Baek in the title roles, there are reasons to be optimistic, but The Royal Opera’s revival of Richard Jones’ production is a mixed bag.
Handel’s Ariodante returns home to Covent Garden
Jetske Mijnssen’s house debut sees Handel’s opera transposed to a modern-day palace, with Emily D'Angelo angelic in the title role.
Sacred and profane in Guildhall School's Respighi double bill
From the spiritual conversion of a Medieval sex-worker, to the Sleeping Beauty tale reimagined, Guildhall stages a Respighi double-bill.
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Two accomplished performances bring emotional depth only intermittently, but show ample security of singing and playing.