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A new production of Bizet's opera pits an independent woman against an oppressive regime
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A new production by director Adele Thomas of Handel's fable of gods and mortals
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Our pick of the BBC Proms, the greatest music festival in the world, plus a new opera for all the family at Opera Holland Park
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A modern take on Mozart's opera fields some interesting new voices
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London's own opera festival opens at Opera Holland Park, Paddington Bear goes classical, and New Yorkers come to town
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The country house opera season begins, London goes baroque, and there's a last chance to catch English National Opera's big hit, Blue
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Out of town or just up the road, opera from May to August is a perfect fit with gardens, picnics and mingling
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Stirring opera with world-class artists, the powerful music of home and exile, and fun for children
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Handel's opera of magic and transformation is staged with showbiz dazzle-dazzle
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Striking new production of a neglected work throws the limelight on a major woman British composer
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New productions of Handel, Mozart and Poulenc, plus revivals of Donizetti, Stravinsky and Britten in a star-studded summer season
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Puccini, Handel, Poulenc, Mozart, Donizetti and a Cornish-set opera by a 20th-century pioneering British woman composer
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Passion, mystery and intrigue are enacted on stage, and the finest concerts feature world-class artists breaking new ground with much-loved works
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More tickets are released as Verdi, Mozart and Wagner welcome back full audiences for the summer festival
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Six weeks of live concerts to in-person audiences, featuring the best music and artists
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The foremost country house opera season opens with superlative singing, a memorable look and a storm to revival the plot's...
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Symphony concerts that open up new horizons, operas that take audiences to another realm .... trust music to transport us out of daily life and make a world of difference
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Behind the scenes at an opera born out of a crisis, and a fairy tale in music for all the family
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Glamorous, sexy and funny, a Glyndebourne classic takes a traditional love story to new places, thanks to a scintillating production by David McVicar
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Live music returns to Glyndebourne with a mini-festival of orchestral pieces and opera, an Offenbach comedy at its heart. And an important new fund helps rising artists
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Unmissable screening of Benjamin Britten's finest opera with an all-star cast, in Michael Grandage's matchless production
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Three Mozart operas raise the curtain on a new season from the Sussex house that is keeping its doors closed this summer and streaming classic productions instead
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Armchair travel to Verona or St Petersburg with the world's greatest singers, players and dancers. Free for one month, Marquee TV has seats in every house
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Beethoven, Handel and Poulenc operas are given new productions, plus revivals
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Poulenc's heart-breaking opera is staged for the first time ever at Glyndebourne, with Danielle de Niese as a young aristocratic who makes a courageous choice
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Mozart's magical opera of love, adventure and revenge is set in a grand hotel
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If the offer is too good to be true, it's a con. But when Faust is down on his luck, he falls for such a deal, in Berlioz's timeless opera.
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Stand by for the hottest tickets in opera: this season's Glyndebourne booking opens to the public on 3 March. Here are the shows to catch