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Opera 

A Verdi drama, a Mozart comedy and a backstage romp by Richard Strauss are joined by an Italian rarity in the Opera Holland Park programme for June – July 2018

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

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Puccini, Strauss and Handel top the bill in an attractive new season

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Opera 

Melodious, richly textured and carried off with panache, this is a double-decker entertainment

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Opera 

A bored princess, a neglectful older husband, a handsome young soldier ... what can possibly go right? Strauss's romantic opera can, for a start

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Glyndebourne unveils its productions for 2017, including a new opera by Brett Dean, a neglected work by Cavalli, plus Mozart, Verdi and much more

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Classical Music 

The estimable Dame Felicity Lott joins the City of London Sinfonia for an afternoon of Austrian, and Austrian-inspired, music

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Classical Music 

The London Symphony Orchestra devotes three concerts to celebrating the Bard, with music inspired by his work

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Classical Music 

Riccardo Chailly and his esteemed orchestra return to London for a series of Strauss' tone poems and Mozart's concertos

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Festival 

The Arcola's annual festival of fringe opera reaches its 9th year, with twelve exciting new shows

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Opera 

Christof Loy's astonishing production of Strauss' opera returns, melding romantic thrills and slapstick antics