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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
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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
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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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
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Opera
A Bollywood version of Handel's opera is an all-singing, all-dancing treat. Giulio Cesare makes Glyndebourne Festival Opera the home of hot rhythm
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Opera
Deliciously sung but oddly dished-up, Handel's noble Rodelinda gets a slapstick treatment
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Classical Music
Catch the soprano most talked about this year in an evening of dazzling music by Handel
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Classical Music
It starts with nursery rhymes, says the soprano in demand all over the world after picking up award after award. Happily, there are London area performances in store...
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Players and singers in 18th-century attire bring to life the London-based world of composer Handel
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Classical Music
There's something for everyone in a week of Christmas music
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Classical Music
Handel made London his home, and not so far from where he lived his music is still played in the manner he would have known
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Classical Music
Messiah is often sung and played by enormous forces, but smaller ensembles like this bring an electrifying directness and pace to the great oratorio
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Passion, heroism and pure knockabout comedy are the stars of a year of Coliseum highlights, launching 28 September, and all the operas are sung in English
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Opera
The might of the Roman Empire is rocked by the weakness of the heart in a monumental 18th-century opera
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Puccini, Strauss and Handel top the bill in an attractive new season
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Verdi, Mozart, Rossini, Handel and Britten, plus a new work by Nico Muhly, and a Gilbert and Sullivan political satire
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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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Summer is only a few beats away: enjoy open air music of the highest quality as Garsington Opera booking opens
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Opera
Five weeks of music inspired by the composer of some of the best-loved works in the orchestral and choral repertoire
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Opera
A grumpy old father, a young woman in love – it's the old, old story: but this time the beloved is... coffee
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Classical Music
Easter music begins with a week of spiritual and contemplative works