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Tried and Tested
Opera
A double bill starring Bryn Terfel swings from tragedy to comedy
Tried and Tested
Opera
Wagner's windswept opera is revived with a new cast and stirring chorus work
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Opera
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Opera
Deborah Warner directs a new production of Benjamin Britten's opera. A Suffolk village rises up when a lone fisherman loses an apprentice at sea
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Opera
Joseph Calleja, Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside and Elizabeth Llewellyn in operas by Verdi, Wagner, Janáček and Ponchielli. And booking is open now...
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Opera
The Royal Opera House reveals nine months of music, including five new productions, nine revivals, and discoveries in the Linbury Theatre
Essential
Opera
Puccini, Verdi and Rimsky-Korsakov operas are joined by a daring new commission as the Surrey country house sets its sights on a full summer season next year
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Opera
Fifteen events streamed from the Surrey house and from artists' homes: dance, song and an orchestral finale
Tried and Tested
Opera
Bryn Terfel makes a big-hearted role debut at Covent Garden in the comic opera by Donizetti in an otherwise disappointing production
Essential
Classical Music
Isata Kanneh-Mason, Sir Bryn Terfel and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra headline in the three-week festival
We love
Opera
Power, overweening ambition and the inevitable fall are at the heart of Mussorgsky's epic opera, returning to Covent Garden with Bryn Terfel in the title role
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Classical Music
With a lead role from Bryn Terfel, Proms 2016 takes on Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov is overseen by Antonio Pappano, conductor
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Booking is now open for the Royal Opera's winningly fresh Spring 2016. Here is our essential guide to the best shows
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Opera
Richard Jones brings a new production of Mussorgsky's masterpiece to the Royal Opera, starring Bryn Terfel