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    Verdi Requiem — and the best and worst of the BBC Proms 2024
    Verdi Requiem — and the best and worst of the BBC Proms 2024

    Will it be a vintage season at the BBC Proms? It’s David Pickard’s last hurrah as director of the festival, and the concerts are also spread out over Great...

    The best classical concerts and opera: our reviews
    The best classical concerts and opera: our reviews
    The best classical albums of 2024 so far
    The best classical albums of 2024 so far
    The best classical concerts and opera: our reviews
    The best classical concerts and opera: our reviews
    The best classical albums of 2024 so far
    The best classical albums of 2024 so far
    Mark Elder’s poignant five-star farewell to the Hallé
    PROMS 2024
    Mark Elder’s poignant five-star farewell to the Hallé
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    The composer mistaken for Meghan Markle: ‘I was bemused’
    INTERVIEW
    The composer mistaken for Meghan Markle: ‘I was bemused’
    First Night of the Proms delivers a dazzling, laugh-out-loud debut
    PROMS 2024
    First Night of the Proms delivers a dazzling, laugh-out-loud debut
    Allow other composers at Wagner festival? That’s ‘moronic’, cry opera buffs
    Allow other composers at Wagner festival? That’s ‘moronic’, cry opera buffs
    Europe
    An opera so traumatic and violent the trigger warning is deserved
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    An opera so traumatic and violent the trigger warning is deserved
    Mark Elder’s poignant five-star farewell to the Hallé
    PROMS 2024
    Mark Elder’s poignant five-star farewell to the Hallé
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    The composer mistaken for Meghan Markle: ‘I was bemused’
    INTERVIEW
    The composer mistaken for Meghan Markle: ‘I was bemused’
    First Night of the Proms delivers a dazzling, laugh-out-loud debut
    PROMS 2024
    First Night of the Proms delivers a dazzling, laugh-out-loud debut
    Allow other composers at Wagner festival? That’s ‘moronic’, cry opera buffs
    Allow other composers at Wagner festival? That’s ‘moronic’, cry opera buffs
    Europe
    An opera so traumatic and violent the trigger warning is deserved
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    An opera so traumatic and violent the trigger warning is deserved
    Verdi Requiem — and the best and worst of the BBC Proms 2024
    Verdi Requiem — and the best and worst of the BBC Proms 2024

    Will it be a vintage season at the BBC Proms? It’s David Pickard’s last hurrah as director of the festival, and the concerts are also spread out over Great...

    The best classical concerts and opera: our reviews

    Joshua Hopkins as Il Cavaliere di Belfiore

    The best classical concerts and opera: our reviews
    The best classical albums of 2024 so far

    Aigul Akhmetshina’s self-titled debut album is a showcase for her multicoloured, mobile voice

    The best classical albums of 2024 so far
    Mark Elder’s poignant five-star farewell to the Hallé

    Mark Elder conducted a performance of Mahler’s Fifth infused with character and passion

    PROMS 2024
    Mark Elder’s poignant five-star farewell to the Hallé
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    The composer mistaken for Meghan Markle: ‘I was bemused’
    INTERVIEW
    The composer mistaken for Meghan Markle: ‘I was bemused’
    The composer mistaken for Meghan Markle: ‘I was bemused’
    INTERVIEW
    The composer mistaken for Meghan Markle: ‘I was bemused’
    First Night of the Proms delivers a dazzling, laugh-out-loud debut
    PROMS 2024
    First Night of the Proms delivers a dazzling, laugh-out-loud debut
    First Night of the Proms delivers a dazzling, laugh-out-loud debut
    PROMS 2024
    First Night of the Proms delivers a dazzling, laugh-out-loud debut
    Allow other composers at Wagner festival? That’s ‘moronic’, cry opera buffs
    Allow other composers at Wagner festival? That’s ‘moronic’, cry opera buffs
    Europe
    Allow other composers at Wagner festival? That’s ‘moronic’, cry opera buffs
    Allow other composers at Wagner festival? That’s ‘moronic’, cry opera buffs
    Europe
    An opera so traumatic and violent the trigger warning is deserved
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    An opera so traumatic and violent the trigger warning is deserved
    An opera so traumatic and violent the trigger warning is deserved
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    An opera so traumatic and violent the trigger warning is deserved
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    The composer mistaken for Meghan Markle: ‘I was bemused’
    INTERVIEW
    The composer mistaken for Meghan Markle: ‘I was bemused’
    The composer mistaken for Meghan Markle: ‘I was bemused’
    INTERVIEW
    The composer mistaken for Meghan Markle: ‘I was bemused’
    First Night of the Proms delivers a dazzling, laugh-out-loud debut
    PROMS 2024
    First Night of the Proms delivers a dazzling, laugh-out-loud debut
    First Night of the Proms delivers a dazzling, laugh-out-loud debut
    PROMS 2024
    First Night of the Proms delivers a dazzling, laugh-out-loud debut
    Allow other composers at Wagner festival? That’s ‘moronic’, cry opera buffs
    Allow other composers at Wagner festival? That’s ‘moronic’, cry opera buffs
    Europe
    Allow other composers at Wagner festival? That’s ‘moronic’, cry opera buffs
    Allow other composers at Wagner festival? That’s ‘moronic’, cry opera buffs
    Europe
    An opera so traumatic and violent the trigger warning is deserved
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    An opera so traumatic and violent the trigger warning is deserved
    An opera so traumatic and violent the trigger warning is deserved
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    An opera so traumatic and violent the trigger warning is deserved
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    Reviews

    Verdi Requiem — and the best and worst of the BBC Proms 2024
    Verdi Requiem — and the best and worst of the BBC Proms 2024
    Verdi Requiem — and the best and worst of the BBC Proms 2024
    Verdi Requiem — and the best and worst of the BBC Proms 2024
    PROMS 2024
    Mark Elder’s poignant five-star farewell to the Hallé
    Mark Elder’s poignant five-star farewell to the Hallé
    PROMS 2024
    Mark Elder’s poignant five-star farewell to the Hallé
    PROMS 2024
    Freak out! Spirit of Studio 54 grooves again at the Disco Prom
    Music
    Freak out! Spirit of Studio 54 grooves again at the Disco Prom
    PROMS 2024
    Freak out! Spirit of Studio 54 grooves again at the Disco Prom
    Music
    The best classical concerts and opera: our reviews
    The best classical concerts and opera: our reviews
    The best classical concerts and opera: our reviews
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    Acis and Galatea — bucolic Handel graces a balmy evening
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    An opera so traumatic and violent the trigger warning is deserved
    An opera so traumatic and violent the trigger warning is deserved
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    An opera so traumatic and violent the trigger warning is deserved
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    46 composers have turned The Tempest into an opera. Now, one more has had a go
    46 composers have turned The Tempest into an opera. Now, one more has had a go
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    46 composers have turned The Tempest into an opera. Now, one more has had a go
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    Take a risk on Michael Tippett’s wacky final opera New Year
    Take a risk on Michael Tippett’s wacky final opera New Year
    FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
    Take a risk on Michael Tippett’s wacky final opera New Year
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