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Essential
Opera
Family encounters with the orchestra, contemporary music and seasonal favourites, including Mozart's musical pantomime
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Essential
Classical Music
The thrilling Icelandic player takes up residence at Southbank Centre, and quite simply changes the way we hear music
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Tried and Tested
Opera
Striking new production of a neglected work throws the limelight on a major woman British composer
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In the Know
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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Opera
Puccini, Handel, Poulenc, Mozart, Donizetti and a Cornish-set opera by a 20th-century pioneering British woman composer
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In the Know
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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Best of
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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Essential
Opera
From outstanding singers and thrilling players to imaginative innovations and artists who do things differently. Here are our musical highlights of 2021
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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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In the Know
Opera
Live music returns to Glyndebourne with a mini-festival of orchestral pieces and opera, an Offenbach comedy at its heart. And an important new fund helps rising artists
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In the Know
Opera
Fifteen events streamed from the Surrey house and from artists' homes: dance, song and an orchestral finale
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In the Know
Classical Music
New principal guest conductor brings first-hand knowledge of life as a player and includes a family concert among her first appearances
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Best of
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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In the Know
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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Best of
The UK-Russia Year of Music comes to a brilliant end with concerts featuring Russian artists and masterworks, but much more Russian music lies ahead
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Best of
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, a world-class orchestral debut, the EU anthem, and a queen's piano...
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In the Know
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
How much do you give up for love? So much that you are no longer the beloved person? That is the dilemma for the water nymph in Dvorák's traditional tale
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Classical Music
A mighty Bruckner symphony and suspense from Weber bookend the great Russian showpiece
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Best of
The 10 must-hear concerts by London orchestras and visitors this autumn, featuring Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Mozart and more
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Last Chance
Classical Music
A spectacular season of classical music, steeped in Stravinsky, features top soloists and dynamic conductors
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Classical Music
Russian musicians are to the fore in this power-packed programme featuring the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition prizewinner
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Essential
Classical Music
The impressive Labèque sisters are the piano soloists in a new double concerto
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Opera
Like an Impressionist painting in music, Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande tells the story of a forbidden love
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Essential
Classical Music
The world's best players, singers and conductors either work in London or head here at every opportunity. Take advantage of the best in classical music with our 2018 guide
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Last Chance
Classical Music
A meltingly beautiful early symphony and a dynamic piano concerto rejoice in the thrills of an icy chill
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Thrill to Tchaikovsky, be amazed by Beethoven, or follow a woman with a secret at English National Opera
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Classical Music
An uplifting work for Christmas that brings together six seasonal cantatas into a joyous and illuminating whole
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Essential
Classical Music
A powerful symphony, brilliant overture and mysterious violin concerto demonstrate the impact of war on music, and vice versa
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Classical Music
Three beautiful pieces, and nothing to pay. What more could any music-lover want?
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Tried and Tested
Opera
With 20 performances of this classic opera, there has never been a better time to try the complete Glyndebourne experience
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Things to do
Puccini, Strauss and Handel top the bill in an attractive new season
