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LondonFretwork 40th Anniversary
Lawes, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Purcell, Benjamin, Pearsall, Schütz, Jenkins, Dowland, Couperin, Wollston, Various
Sir George Benjamin; Fretwork; Emilia Benjamin; Emily Ashton; Jonathan Rees
GlasgowHarrison Birtwistle's The Second Mrs Kong
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins; Victoria Newlyn; John Findon; Anna Dennis; Sir John Tomlinson
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The Importance of Being Earnest is a smash hit for Garsington
A handbag? Jack Furness’ uproarious new production of Gerald Barry’s irreverent take Oscar Wilde bares some very sharp teeth.
Terfel’s craggy Boris Godunov returns to Covent Garden
The second revival of Richard Jones' staging of Mussorgsky's original 1869 version of Boris Godunov once again stars the Welsh knight.
The Royal Opera stages its first Makropulos Case
Katie Mitchell wheels out her tired old tropes in The Makropulos Case, redeemed by its musical performances.
Glyndebourne revives Michieletto’s Kátya Kabanová
Damiano Michieletto’s production of Janáček’s opera breaks a key tenet of high-concept opera: where it should reveal, it obfuscates.
Black comedy of the highest order: Festen at The Royal Opera
Mark-Anthony Turnage's operatic adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg's tale of abuse provides rich entertainment even as it shocks.
Prescient then, terrifying now: The Handmaid’s Tale at ENO
Margaret Atwood’s dystopic novel, masterfully adapted for the operatic stage, is strongly performed at ENO and rings even truer today than it did when it was written.
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LeedsDie Walküre Act 2
Wagner: Die Walküre
Richard Farnes; Peter Mumford; Opera North; Michael Weinius; James Creswell; Robert Hayward; Lee Bisset
LeedsGötterdämmerung Prologue & Act 1
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Richard Farnes; Peter Mumford; Opera North; Mati Turi; Kelly Cae Hogan; Andrew Foster-Williams; Giselle Allen