Will they come back? It’s the question on the lips of every UK opera festival director. A summer of drought – in which only a handful of operatic performances could be cobbled together – has given way to a winter of doubt: will reopening be permitted? At what capacity? Will performers be able to travel? And, most of all, will performances be filled with opera lovers desperate for a fix of the art they love?
We asked one of our much travelled writers to put together his top destinations for people who love baroque architecture, art and music. It's now possible to hear historically accurate performances of Bach and Monteverdi played with modern enthusiasm in settings that mirror the era.
