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HelsinkiLuonnotar / IolantaNew production
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Sibelius, Tchaikovsky
Kristian Sallinen; Antony McDonald; Finnish National Opera; Lucy Carter; Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera
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Iolanta paired with Luonnotar in dramatic Helsinki double bill
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In Helsinki, Antony McDonald pairs Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta with a staged version of Sibelius’ tone poem Luonnotar, brilliantly voiced by soprano Silja Aalto.
Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams
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Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder provide an apt, if somewhat unexpected, partner to Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.
Reaching the summit: Oramo scales the Alpine Symphony with the BBCSO
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The BBC Symphony Orchestra shines in Strauss, in particular the characterful woodwind solos and the fulsomely resplendent brass.