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Tried and Tested
Dance
Choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh’s Clorinda Agonistes, an ambitious work about war, love and fluid narratives, had its London premiere at Sadler's Wells
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Opera
Look out something white or cream. Audiences at Garsington's first new production of the year are asked to match the opera's design....
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Opera
Monteverdi, Mozart, Dvorák, Britten and Roxanna Panufnik are this year's composers, with singers including Natalya Romaniw and Ed Lyon
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Best of
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Opera
From Ed Sheeran to Hamilton, and from Monteverdi to Mozart and Tchaikovsky, singer and composer Roderick Williams draws no boundaries in music
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Opera
In a triumphant Royal Opera production of Monteverdi's setting of the Odyssey, an exhausted traveller's marriage is put to the test
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The very best opera and ballet to book in this Winter Season at the Royal Opera House
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Classical Music
Schumann, Vivaldi and Monteverdi get a makeover at the music festival designed to shake off the winter blues
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Classical Music
Monteverdi's atmospheric Vespers, Handel opera and heavenly music by JS Bach dominate this year's programme
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Opera
Operas by Handel, Cavalli and Monteverdi are staged on an intimate scale and in exciting new interpretations
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Classical Music
A century-spanning recital with the Czech mezzo and Italian harpsicordist, running from Monteverdi to Rihm
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Opera
Ian Bostridge and Elizabeth Watts star in a concert performance of Monteverdi's opera, with the Academy of Ancient Music