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Best of
Carols and seasonal favourites, Handel's Messiah and operas to raise the spirits add up to a bumper package this year
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Opera
Lots of Puccini in the year that marks the centenary of his death, plus Verdi, Mozart, Gilbert and Sullivan, Britten and more
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Best of
An exciting new production of Carmen, an evening with author Kate Atkinson, and musical fun for the family
In the Know
Classical Music
A year-long celebration of the amazingly rich contribution to music of Scottish performers, composers and inspiring landscapes
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Opera
The Christmas story is told in grand choruses and virtuosic solos, sung by the finest artists and with thrilling instrumental playing
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Immersive
A highly dramatic new approach to this much-loved work has dance, movement and lighting to bring the Christmas story to life
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Opera
Leonard Bernstein's comic and tender opera gets a full-scale staging with top soloists bringing Voltaire's colourful world to life
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Opera
Curtain-raiser to Sky Arts' new talent series, in which those with no vocal skills are turned into singers
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Opera
A mighty man is brought down by a scheming woman in the best-loved opera by Camille Saint-Saëns, with two big stars in the title roles
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Opera
From outstanding singers and thrilling players to imaginative innovations and artists who do things differently. Here are our musical highlights of 2021
Tried and Tested
Opera
Singers and players get the better of a banal production in the curtain-raiser to a new Ring cycle
Tried and Tested
Opera
In Janáček's opera, an infatuated young woman is rejected by her unborn child's father, with terrible consequences
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Opera
More tickets are released as Verdi, Mozart and Wagner welcome back full audiences for the summer festival
Tried and Tested
Opera
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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Opera
The Royal Opera House reveals nine months of music, including five new productions, nine revivals, and discoveries in the Linbury Theatre
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Opera
Jess Gillam, Nicky Spence and friends entertain live from south London
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Opera
Behind the scenes at an opera born out of a crisis, and a fairy tale in music for all the family
Tried and Tested
Opera
It's a musical helter-skelter ride for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Gerald Barry's breakneck opera based on adventures down the rabbit hole
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Opera
Composer Gerald Barry on discovering books and music, and two forthcoming Royal Opera House productions
In the Know
Opera
For a first glimpse of summer plan your nights at London's own country house opera, with much-loved operas by Tchaikovsky and Verdi, plus a comedy and a double-bill
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Opera
Tchaikovsky's opera of first love, loss and maturity, packed with stirring melodies and powerful choruses, is given a new production with a starry cast
Tried and Tested
Opera
Netia Jones's outstanding staging of Philip Glass's filmic opera reveals a company on top form