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Performer: Pumeza Matshikiza

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Send in the Clowns: Garsington's Bartered Bride returns

The Bartered Bride © Alice Pennefather
Paul Curran’s 2019 production is revived with some flair by Rosie Purdie, with a fine cast led by Pumeza Matshikiza.
****1
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Tippett to die for from Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony

Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra © BBC | Mark Allan
Outstanding performances of A Child of Our Time and the Concerto for Double String Orchestra at the Barbican.
*****
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A topical tale: Gilead returns to the Coliseum stage

 Poul Ruders’ The Handmaid’s Tale comes home to English National Opera after 20 years in a powerful new production by Annilese Miskimmon.
*****
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A fine tail: new Cunning Little Vixen at English National Opera

ENO has a long and fine history in Janáček’s corpus, and Jamie Manton's new production, performed by a cast that revels in the clash between nature and mankind, has much in which to delight.

****1
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Battistelli's CO₂ at La Scala: a challenging truth

The auditorium's lights flared up, drawing a blinking audience back into the room. The fourth wall was well and truly broken, and each of us was given no option but to acknowledge our responsibility for the planet.
****1
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Hyde Park becomes a Boogie Wonderland

Hyde Park's Last Night of the Proms is a marathon specatcle, with highlights from Earth Wind and Fire, Rufus Wainwright and land lubbing ensemble The Fisherman's Friends.