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Marking the arrival of autumn in music, two 50th anniversary concerts, and an exciting conducting debut
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Opera
Four top women singers take flight in a new production by Richard Jones of Handel's magical opera
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Opera
Handel, Verdi and Puccini masterpieces are not to be missed, with two new productions and a top-cast revival. Booking opens 10AM, Wed 27 July
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Opera
Handel's opera of magic and transformation is staged with showbiz dazzle-dazzle
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Opera
New productions of Handel, Mozart and Poulenc, plus revivals of Donizetti, Stravinsky and Britten in a star-studded summer season
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London premieres, much-loved classics and a host of big-name performers in the world's largest music festival. Booking opens 9AM, Sat 21 May
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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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Opera
An all-star cast and spectacular debut rescue a warped reading of Handel's work of faith
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Opera
World and European premieres, classics revisited, orchestral music for children, and operas from three centuries by Handel, Verdi and Janáček
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The clarinet and trumpet show off their appeal, one Handel opera is staged after 270 years while another is given in concert, and two great American conductors breeze into town
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Opera
Messiah makes an impact however it is sung. But what's so special about an oratorio written in a rush and using recycled material? Claudia Pritchard explains
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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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Booking opens 16 Nov for two three-act ballets, a new family opera, plus Mozart, Handel and Puccini
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Opera
Handel's evergreen oratorio tells the Easter story in song, interpreted by eight soloists, chorus and orchestra
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Opera
The soprano on her Brixton childhood, 'silent' music and renewed energy as live music resumes
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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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The Easter story told in song, JS Bach and Handel's Messiah, performed by top artists and streamed from London churches and concert halls
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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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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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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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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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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 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
The triumphant return of a Handel opera to Covent Garden, after 280 years, is a tremendous curtain-raiser for the London Handel Festival
