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Celebrate the musical giants who transformed British music-making with 10 of our favourite musical influencers
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Tried and Tested
Opera
Long-awaited return to Covent Garden of Handel's fine opera, streamed with an all-star cast
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Opera
Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Handel and Richard Strauss operas are planned for the summer, with dates and casts to be announced. But keep room in your diary from May to August
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Opera
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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Tried and Tested
Opera
The stars of the future light up the stage of the Royal Opera House in the third live concert, streamed to subscribers
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Tried and Tested
Opera
It's not all solemnity at the first live streaming from the Royal Opera House: a cluster of songs about pets lightens the mood
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Opera
Young singing stars and a glittering orchestra put a shine on a dull modern-dress staging of a rarely heard oratorio by Handel
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The Easter story told in song, a Handel rarity and Messiah, performed by top artists in churches and concert halls
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Opera
Composer Gerald Barry on discovering books and music, and two forthcoming Royal Opera House productions
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Opera
Beethoven, Handel and Poulenc operas are given new productions, plus revivals
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Opera
Handel's opera of magic and transformation is staged at the summer opera house for the first time, with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in the pit
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A bumper year for opera in both city and country houses, concerts marking 250 years of Beethoven's legacy and a chance to catch the biggest names in music today
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Opera
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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Tried and Tested
Dance
The Russian superstar ballerina Svetlana Zakharova’s Modanse, now showing at Coliseum, is a double bill where high fashion meets dance and often supplants it
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Opera
The 10 best performances that herald Christmas with compelling story-telling, grand choruses and spectacular solos sung by the finest artists
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Opera
The Royal Opera House tenor talks to Stephen Pritchard about the Messiah season, perpetual youth and getting lost backstage at Covent Garden
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Opera
Joyce DiDonato leads an all-star cast in Barrie Kosky's thrilling production of Handel's opera of ambition and revenge
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Opera
Mozart, Handel, Britten, Donizetti – and a new opera for all the family
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Opera
The triumphant return of a Handel opera to Covent Garden, after 280 years, is a tremendous curtain-raiser for the London Handel Festival
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Opera
Dvorak, Mozart, Rossini and more, plus a rarity directed by Fiona Shaw in a season that opens with a big Berlioz bang
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Opera
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
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Opera
Tongue-in-cheek interpretation of Handel's heroic opera stars counter-tenor Tim Mead and Elizabeth DeShong
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Opera
The soprano on composer Barbara Strozzi, keeping fit on stage, and her fantasy opera roles
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Opera
London's greatest composer was born in Germany, and given British citizenship. This month of concerts, walks and talks celebrates the enduring impact of George Frideric Handel on the capital
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Classical Music
Where else would Schumann, Purcell and Handel rub shoulders with Joy Division and Arcade Fire? Musical barriers come down at this sparky winter fixture
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Tried and Tested
Opera
A complex tale of tyranny, lust and betrayal is simply told through music in a stylish new production
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Tried and Tested
Dance
Vivaldi and Handel provide the score to two contrasting new works brought to the Peacock Theatre by New English Ballet Theatre.
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Opera
Handel and Purcell weave tales of love and duty into ethereal works staged in style by the country's premier touring company
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Classical Music
A fortnight of world-class performances in small-scale venues, featuring music from Bach and Beethoven to Dixieland and Jerome Kern
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Let rip with the tango, be moved by Handel and Britten, then party at the tuneful Last Night
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Classical Music
Composer of film, TV soundtracks and concert works talks to Claudia Pritchard about music in schools, a brand new work, and the cost to creativity of leaving the EU
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Classical Music
Sacred music by JS Bach and Handel preside over Easter music programmes throughout London. Here are the best works performed by the best musicians