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Superb production of Puccini's colourful opera returns with a fresh cast led by soprano Nadine Benjamin
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English National Opera launches its new season with three productions, the Royal Opera stages Bernstein rarities, and the piano gets its own festival
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Opera
Lots of Puccini in the year that marks the centenary of his death, plus Verdi, Mozart, Gilbert and Sullivan, Britten and more
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Opera
The mezzo-soprano on dying for a living, loading up on carbs and housework in the early hours
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Opera
Janáček's searing opera in an Olivier-award production is revived with a new cast
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Opera
Inventiveness and enchantment meet unadulterated joy in Simon McBurney's uplifting production
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Opera
Jonathan Miller's classic production of Rossini's fizzing comedy is as delightful as ever
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Opera
Margaret Atwood's warning novel inspires an opera for our times
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Opera searches for love and meaning, while Vauxhall unwinds with music for all ages
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Our top 10 artists and events in a challenging year for music and musicians
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Opera
Handel's Messiah dominates the month's great music, but there is also Bach, passionate Italian opera and a German fairy tale
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Opera
Today's sopranos relive some of the greatest roles played by the Greek-born soprano in a new production by Marina Abramović
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Healing music for a troubled world, a new symphony by Joan Armatrading and an opera film night
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Opera
A heavy-handed revival throws everything but the kitchen sink at Gilbert and Sullivan's lords-and-fairies operetta
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Opera
A superb production of Benjamin Britten's profound and intensely musical opera returns with a new cast
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Talks
Satirical opera comes to life on the streets of London in a lighthearted retracing on foot of the Victorian duo's madcap world
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Opera
The greatest operas in the repertoire are staged in classic productions at the Coliseum
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The country house opera season begins, London goes baroque, and there's a last chance to catch English National Opera's big hit, Blue
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Opera
Powerful new opera tackles racial violence but also celebrates the highs and lows of family life
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Opera
A rare and impressive staging of the early masterwork by a Hollywood composer
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Opera
Another chance to catch Philip Glass's unmissable opera set in Ancient Egypt and spectacularly staged
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Opera
A razzle-dazzle production of Wagner's opera shows the company at its best, musically and dramatically
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Opera
Welcome return of Bizet's opera in an action-packed production brings two great singers to the fore
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Stirring opera with world-class artists, the powerful music of home and exile, and fun for children
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Opera
The traditional American feelgood movie inspires an opera given its UK premiere at the Coliseum
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Opera
A sparky new production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Tower of London operetta is set in post-war years
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Opera
ENO's 2022/23 season opens with a new production of Puccini's dramatic opera. A singer and an artist find themselves up against a bully...
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Opera
From Philip Glass to Puccini and Wagner, the new season at the Coliseum crosses cultural boundaries and has something for everyone
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Opera
A joyful switchback ride through a great Mozart opera is a visual as well as a vocal treat
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Opera
The natural world gets the better of miserable mankind in a magical new production of Janáček's forest-set opera
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An exciting house debut is an extra treat in a hugely entertaining revival of Jonathan Miller's production of Puccini's opera
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Passion, mystery and intrigue are enacted on stage, and the finest concerts feature world-class artists breaking new ground with much-loved works