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EdinburghBach St Matthew Passion

© Christopher Bowen
Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Emelyanychev; Nick Pritchard; Matthew Brook; Hilary Cronin

GlasgowBach St Matthew Passion

© Christopher Bowen
Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Emelyanychev; Nick Pritchard; Matthew Brook; Hilary Cronin

LondonTrial by Jury & The Zoo

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Sullivan
Peter Whelan; John Savournin; English National Opera; takis; Ben Pickersgill; English National Opera Orchestra; Mary Bevan

LondonDas Paradies und die Peri

© Gisela Schenker
Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Christiane Karg; Samantha Clarke; Beth Taylor; Robert Murray

AmsterdamThe Fickle Sea: Britten, Clyne and Debussy

Het Concertgebouw
Clyne, Britten, Debussy
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Alan Gilbert; Katy Woolley; Robert Murray

MilanThe Rake's ProgressNew production

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Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
Riccardo Chailly; Kasper Holten; Teatro alla Scala; Philipp Fürhofer; Anja Vang Kragh; Jonas Bǿgh; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Viennese splendour in Garsington’s Rosenkavalier revival

Niamh O'Sullivan (Octavian), Matilda Sterby (the Marschallin) and Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Baron Ochs) © Julian Guidera
Bruno Ravella's splendid 2021 production of Strauss' opera of Viennese manners returns with a fine cast. 
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Edward Gardner conducts an emotional L'Enfance du Christ in Utrecht

Edward Gardner conducts the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic © Harold de Smet

The Netherlands National Radio Choir and National Children's Choir amplify the emotional intensity of Berlioz's L’ Enfance du Christ at TivoliVredenburg. 

****1
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A radically trad Fidelio at Garsington

Robert Murray (Florestan) © Julian Guidera
Simple solutions prove the best in Beethoven's "problem" opera as John Cox's staging is revived at Garsington.
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Bly or Bedlam? ENO’s new The Turn of the Screw

Ailish Tynan (Governess) © Manuel Harlan
Isabella Bywater directs an evocative new production of Britten’s ghost opera, well performed at the Coliseum. 
****1
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Rameau meets The Kardashians: Platée at Garsington

Samuel Boden (Platée) © Julian Guidera
A superb orchestral performance from Paul Agnew and The English Concert lights up a breezy and fun staging of Rameau's ballet bouffon.
***11
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Handel's Brockes Passion resurrected by The English Concert

Harry Bicket © Thomas Bowles Photography
The London Handel Festival offers a chance to hear rarely performed music for Passiontide, with Harry Bicket conducting the English Concert. 
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NaardenBach's St Matthew Passion

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Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Jos van Veldhoven; Nederlandse Bachvereniging; Kampen Boys Choir; Benjamin Hulett; Andreas Wolf

LondonBrockes Passion, HWV 48

Harry Bicket © Thomas Bowles Photography
Handel: Brockes Passion, HWV 48
The English Concert; Harry Bicket; Hilary Cronin; Nardus Williams; Jess Dandy; Robert Murray