Verdi

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Welcome chance to revisit the big hit of 2019, a Verdi grand opera with the look of Brief Encounter

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Beethoven, Verdi and Mozart, of course, but also minimalist Steve Reich and a new work about climate crisis, with many concerts perfect for young music-makers. Booking is open now...

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Verdi's opera about love, ambition and hypocrisy comes up to date at the Coliseum where a magnificent cast rescues a dire production

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The baritone on playing an interfering father, farming in Wales and life after Brexit

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English National Opera got back on its feet, the Proms went from strength to strength, and the Royal Opera House season grew and grew

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Heavy-weight production by Keith Warner of Verdi's tragedy based on Shakespeare, with Gregory Kunde in the title role and Ermonela Jaho as Desdemona

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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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An exciting young cast perform Verdi's tragic opera, set in Mantua and featuring the soprano Anna Patalong as the love-sick Gilda

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Traditional and innovative ballet alternates with Verdi, Beethoven and a new family opera

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Tremendous new production of Verdi's opera with appeal to both the Brief Encounter and Fleabag generations

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Verdi's unflinching opera shows a society intolerant of other lands and other religions

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Jonas Kaufmann returns to Covent Garden as a young woman's lover at war with her vengeful brother

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Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Puccini and more sung by a host of top artists at London's own country house opera

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Gershwin, Verdi and an opera for all the family, all at the Theatre in the Woods

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The welcome return to Covent Garden of a moving Verdi grand opera staged in the grandest style, wonderfully sung

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A 21st-century take on Verdi's masterpiece shines the spotlight on the powerful and the powerless

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Bach, Verdi, Stravinsky ... and a Gilbert and Sullivan satire on the law

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The symphonies and concertos no music-lover should be without, played live at the Royal Albert Hall

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Puccini, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Cilea ... and the comical story of a secret vice

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The international opera star talks about singing in secret, her breakthrough as an understudy, and a world premiere, 180 years on

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Oh what a beautiful opera house... Oklahoma! opens the season, plus a Verdi spectacle and Gounod's response to Shakespeare

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Rising soprano Lauren Fagan sings Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata at Opera Holland Park, as part of London's own country house opera season

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Summer music starts with Opera Holland Park's four striking productions, beginning with Verdi's great La Traviata

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The soprano made opera-lovers sit up at Opera Holland Park last year, and she's back for a top Verdi role

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Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and more ... Top singers head for London for a rollcall of outstanding productions

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Masterpieces by Wagner, Mozart, Puccini and Verdi bring to a close a spectacular year at Covent Garden

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In an idyllic setting a short ride out of London, Garsington Opera presents Verdi, Mozart, Richard Strauss – and an opera on ice!

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A long-awaited debut ends in disappointment, but the resourceful ENO chorus comes up trumps

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The rumbustious Falstaff of Shakespeare's history plays becomes a comic – and tragic – character in his own right in Verdi's opera

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Verdi, Mozart, Richard Strauss and Mascagni top the bill at Opera Holland Park 2018

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Five Opera Heroines: where to hear the world's best sopranos sing their hearts out

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Ridicule and revenge prove a fatal combination when an innocent girl is seduced by a reckless and powerful rake