Colin Clarke

Lada Valešová brings out the melancholic beauty of Opera Holland Park’s Eugene Onegin

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Opera Holland Park 2022 [1] – Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Opera Holland Park Chorus, City of London Sinfonia / Lada Valešová (conductor). Opera Holland Park, Kensington, London, 3.6.2022 (CC)

Anush Hovhannisyan (Tatyana) and Samuel Dale Johnson (Eugene Onegin) © Ali Wright

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Still plenty to enjoy if you see Glyndebourne’s venerable Le nozze di Figaro

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival 2022 [2] – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus (chorus director: Aidan Oliver), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Giancarlo Andretta (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex, 22.5.2022. (CC)

Hera Hyesang Park (Susanna) and Brandon Cedel (Figaro) (c) Bill Cooper

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Shokhakimov’s Strasbourg Philharmonic in contrasting Prokofiev and Shostakovich

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FranceFrance Prokofiev, Shostakovich: Simone Lamsma (violin), Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra / Aziz Shokhakimov (conductor). Salle Érasme, Palais de la Musique et des Congrès, Strasbourg, 19.5.2022. (CC)

Simone Lamsma (violin), Aziz Shokhakimov (conductor) and Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra © Nicolas Rosès

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Fidelio revelations from Equilbey and Insula Orchestra as she rethinks the familiar and meets it anew

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Fidelio (concert staging): Soloists, accentus; Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 11.5.2022. (CC)

Sinéad Campbell-Wallace (Leonore) and Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Florestan) © Vincent Pontet

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