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Essential
Opera
Women conductors make waves, the classics are refreshed by our leading orchestras, and opera goes from strength to strength
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Tried and Tested
Opera
Tremendous new production of Verdi's opera with appeal to both the Brief Encounter and Fleabag generations
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Tried and Tested
Opera
Verdi's unflinching opera shows a society intolerant of other lands and other religions
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Preview
Opera
Jonas Kaufmann returns to Covent Garden as a young woman's lover at war with her vengeful brother
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Essential
Opera
Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Puccini and more sung by a host of top artists at London's own country house opera
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Book Now
Opera
Gershwin, Verdi and an opera for all the family, all at the Theatre in the Woods
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Tried and Tested
Opera
Ermonela Jaho takes Covent Garden by storm as Verdi's many-layered Violetta
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Tried and Tested
Opera
The welcome return to Covent Garden of a moving Verdi grand opera staged in the grandest style, wonderfully sung
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We love
Opera
A 21st-century take on Verdi's masterpiece shines the spotlight on the powerful and the powerless
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We love
Best of
Bach, Verdi, Stravinsky ... and a Gilbert and Sullivan satire on the law
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Best of
The symphonies and concertos no music-lover should be without, played live at the Royal Albert Hall
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In the Know
Opera
Puccini, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Cilea ... and the comical story of a secret vice
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In the Know
Classical Music
The international opera star talks about singing in secret, her breakthrough as an understudy, and a world premiere, 180 years on
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Opera
Oh what a beautiful opera house... Oklahoma! opens the season, plus a Verdi spectacle and Gounod's response to Shakespeare
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Tried and Tested
Opera
Rising soprano Lauren Fagan sings Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata at Opera Holland Park, as part of London's own country house opera season
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Essential
Opera
Summer music starts with Opera Holland Park's four striking productions, beginning with Verdi's great La Traviata
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In the Know
Opera
The soprano made opera-lovers sit up at Opera Holland Park last year, and she's back for a top Verdi role
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In the Know
Opera
Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and more ... Top singers head for London for a rollcall of outstanding productions
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We love
Opera
The devil wears tartan in Shakespeare's murderous Macbeth bewitched by Verdi's music
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Essential
Opera
Masterpieces by Wagner, Mozart, Puccini and Verdi bring to a close a spectacular year at Covent Garden
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Essential
Opera
In an idyllic setting a short ride out of London, Garsington Opera presents Verdi, Mozart, Richard Strauss – and an opera on ice!
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In the Know
Opera
A long-awaited debut ends in disappointment, but the resourceful ENO chorus comes up trumps
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We love
Opera
The rumbustious Falstaff of Shakespeare's history plays becomes a comic – and tragic – character in his own right in Verdi's opera
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Essential
Opera
Verdi, Mozart, Richard Strauss and Mascagni top the bill at Opera Holland Park 2018
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We love
Opera
Five Opera Heroines: where to hear the world's best sopranos sing their hearts out
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We love
Opera
Ridicule and revenge prove a fatal combination when an innocent girl is seduced by a reckless and powerful rake
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We love
Opera
It sounds so glamorous: a masked ball with the cream of society. But not all the lives behind the disguises are safe and anonymity may prove fatal
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Essential
The very best opera and ballet to book in this Winter Season at the Royal Opera House
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Tried and Tested
Opera
Honest casting is the outstanding feature of the new production that opens English National Opera's new year
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Essential
Classical Music
Mozart, Verdi and Richard Strauss are in light-hearted mood at the country opera house that resembles a castle in the air
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Essential
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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In the Know
Covent Garden raises the curtain on its new year with two appearances by Michael Fabiano in prime roles written by Puccini and Verdi