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Semyon Bychkov; Christof Loy; The Royal Opera; Johannes Leiacker; Olaf Winter; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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Pappano and the LSO on fire in Strauss and Puccini at the BBC Proms

Carolina López Moreno, Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra © BBC | Mark Allan
This Strauss-Puccini Prom concert paired the Symphonic Fantasy from Die Frau ohne Schatten and Puccini's one-act opera, Suor Angelica
*****
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The little man has his day: a nasty and brutish Die Walküre

Christopher Maltman (Wotan) and Elisabet Strid (Brünnhilde) © RBO | Monika Rittershaus
The latest, thrilling instalment of Barrie Kosky's Ring cycle at Covent Garden does not have to strain for contemporary relevance. 
*****
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An enthralling Walküre at Longborough Opera Festival

Mark Le Brocq (Siegmund) © Matthew WIlliams-Ellis
Who wouldn't relish the chance of seeing a Ring cycle at close quarters? Longborough's Die Walküre isn't perfect, but it consistently delivers on the story and on character interpretation.
****1
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Fame and feuding on the Rhine: Longborough's new Götterdämmerung

Lee Bisset (Brünnhilde) and Catherine Carby (Waltraute) © Matthew Williams-Ellis
Longborough's Ring Cycle reaches completion in the Cotswold's, effectively staged by Amy Lane. 
****1
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Kilts in the library: Macbeth opens The Grange Festival

Murder in the library? No, this isn't a re-run of Poirot, but a new production of Verdi's Macbeth to open The Grange Festival's 2022 season.
***11
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A semi-successful semi-staging of Die Walküre at Longborough

Three performances in five days take their toll in a tight schedule of this concert production run in the Cotswolds. 
**111
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