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LondonHuw Montague Rendall; Carrie-Ann Matheson

Wigmore Hall
Vaughan Williams, Dove, Schoenberg, Mahler
Carrie-Ann Matheson; Huw Montague Rendall

High WycombeHuw Montague Rendall & Carrie-Ann Matheson

© Olivia Kahler | Simon Fowler
Vaughan Williams, Dove, Schoenberg, Mahler
Huw Montague Rendall; Carrie-Ann Matheson

LuganoDvořák, Mahler

© Marco Borggreve
Dvořák, Mahler
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana; Roberto González-Monjas; Huw Montague Rendall

New York CityHuw Montague Rendall & Carrie-Ann Matheson

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Vaughan Williams, Dove, Schoenberg, Mahler
Carrie-Ann Matheson; Huw Montague Rendall

LyonPygmalion / Mozart, Grande Messe en ut

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Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Haydn, Mozart
Raphaël Pichon; Pygmalion; Sabine Devieilhe; Xenia Puskarz Thomas; Kieran Carrel

StrasbourgLe Paradis et la PériNew production

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Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri)
Antonello Manacorda; Bertrand Couderc; Opéra national du Rhin; Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg; Chœur de l'Opéra national du Rhin; Alysia Hanshaw
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Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams

Tarmo Pelotkoski conducts the Hallé © Sharyn Bellemakers | The Hallé
Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder provide an apt, if somewhat unexpected, partner to Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. 
****1
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The Magic Flute returns in triumph to the Royal Opera House

Lucy Crowe (Pamina), Amitai Pati (Tamino) and the Royal Opera Chorus © The Royal Opera | Johan Persson
Sir David McVicar's classic staging of The Magic Flute, now over 20 years old, shines afresh in a stylish performance conducted by Marie Jacquot, making her Covent Garden debut.  
****1
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A strong new Figaro opens at Glyndebourne

Johanna Wallroth (Susanna) and Michael Nagl (Figaro) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Photography by Richard Hubert Smith
Mariame Clément is a popular director at Glyndebourne, and her new production of Figaro shows her trademark approach to hardhitting comedy.
****1
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Kunde leads Wiener Staatsoper’s shattering Billy Budd

Gregory Kunde (Captain Vere) © Wiener Staatsoper | Sofia Vargalová
At 70 years old, American tenor Gregory Kunde makes a magnificent role debut as Captain Vere, with a strong ensemble of singers, chorus, and orchestra in Willy Decker's effective production.
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Ying Fang and Luca Micheletti light up McVicar’s Marriage of Figaro

Ying Fang (Susanna) and Luca Micheletti (Figaro) © ROH | Clive Barda
Sir David McVicar's Figaro has been delighting audiences at the Royal Opera House since 2006. Is this its final outing? 
***11
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McVicar's Magic Flute staging revived at the Royal Opera House

Unlike many Flutes, David McVicar's 2003 production treats Mozart's score as a proper opera, albeit with romp instead of pomp. 
****1
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ParisRoméo et Juliette

© Elena Bauer - OnP
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Carlo Rizzi; Thomas Jolly; Opéra national de Paris; Bruno de Lavenère; Sylvette Dequest; Antoine Travert; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisPelléas et Mélisande

Opéra national de Paris
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Antonello Manacorda; Wajdi Mouawad; Opéra national de Paris; Emmanuel Clolus; Emmanuelle Thomas; Eric Champoux
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Rising Stars: Ten to watch in 2024–25

Ten artists to watch in 2024–25 © S.Smarch, F.Broede, L.Pepanyan, K.Kikkas, TLTruong, G.Collett, E.Fenton, A.Dehodencq, Min, O.DaCosta
With so many talented young artists appearing in this season, editor Mark Pullinger selects ten we’re particularly excited to follow this year.