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The Ring returns to the Rhine: Götterdämmerung at La Scala
Under Alexander Soddy’s powerful conducting and Sir David McVicar’s dark, evocative staging, the Ring finds a searing conclusion, anchored by a powerful Brünnhilde from Camilla Nylund, as the world burns.
Hannu Lintu shows Singapore great things to come with Mahler and Haydn
The Singapore Symphony Orchestra's Music Director-designate made his mark conducting Mahler's Fourth Symphony and the Nelson Mass.
Hojotoho! La Scala’s new Walküre opens with a stellar cast
With bad-ass punk valkyries and rich in fantasy overtones, Sir David McVicar's La Scala Ring cycle continues.
A new Ring in Milan! Das Rheingold shines at La Scala
La Scala presents a new production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece by David McVicar with a superb cast under the considerate baton of Simone Young.
Waxing lyrical: rare Offenbach proves a hit
A human waxwork, a lottery win and circus buffoonery combine in a long-neglected Offenbach operetta, given a fizzing performance by the forces of Opera Rara and the London Philharmonic.
Carmen in Cardiff: WNO's powerful new production is a triumph
Virginie Verrez acted not with fire and ice but with gallic insouciance.